Grażyna is a
Polish feminine
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given name
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. The name was created by the Polish poet
Adam Mickiewicz
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for the main character of his 1823 poem ''
Grażyna''. The name is derived from the
Lithuanian adjective
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''gražus'', meaning "pretty", "beautiful".
[April 1]
a name day for Grażyna
Diminutive
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hypocoristic
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s include Grasia, Grazia, Grażynka, Grażka, Grażusia.
In Polish tradition, the
name day
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s for Grażyna are April 1
[ and July 26.July 26]
a name day for Grażyna
Notable people
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Grażyna Auguścik
Grażyna Auguścik (born 17 August 1955) is a Polish jazz vocalist, composer, and arranger.''River'' CD. 2001 Grażyna Auguścik/GMA RecordsGrażyna Auguścik's web site http://www.grazynaauguscik.com/ She frequently uses Polish folk music, Latin ...
(born 1955), Polish jazz vocalist, composer, and arranger
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Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969), Polish composer and violinist
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Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska (born 1962), Polish actress
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Grażyna Brodzińska
Grażyna Brodzińska (née Wayda; born May 5, 1951) is a Polish soprano singer in opera and operetta, and musical actress, nicknamed "The First Lady of Polish Operetta".
Biography
Brodzińska was born on May 5, 1951, in Kraków, the daughter of d ...
(born 1951), Polish soprano, opera and operetta singer, and musical actress
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Grażyna Ciemniak (born 1948), Polish politician
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Grażyna Długołęcka (born 1951), Polish film actress
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Grażyna Gęsicka (1951–2010), Polish sociologist and politician
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Grazyna Kochanska, Polish-American developmental psychologist
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Grażyna Kostrzewińska (born 1950), Polish pair skater
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Grażyna Kulczyk (born 1950), Polish investor, art collector, philanthropist and billionaire
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Grazyna Monvid, British actress, author and award-winning playwright
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Grażyna Miller (1957–2009), Polish poet and translator
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Grażyna Prokopek (born 1977), Polish sprinter
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Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil (born 1947), Polish composer and music educator
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Grażyna Szapołowska (born 1953), Polish film and theatre actress
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Grażyna Staszak-Makowska (born 1953), Polish fencer
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Grażyna Strachota (born 1960), Polish actress
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Grażyna Rabsztyn (born 1952), Polish hurdler
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Grażyna Witkowska (born 1952), Polish gymnast
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Grażyna Wolszczak
Grażyna Wolszczak (born 7 December 1958 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish actress.
In 2016, she co-signed, together with hundreds of other people, a letter to Ban Ki-moon calling for a more humane drug policy.
Filmography
*''Na Wspólnej'' (2003) ...
(born 1958), Polish actress
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Grażyna Vetulani (born 1956), Polish philologist and linguist, professor of the humanities
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Wanda Grażyna Gałecka-Szmurło (1899-1993), Polish lawyer, independence and social activist, the second woman in Poland who was entered on the list of lawyers
See also
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Gražina
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References
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Polish feminine given names
Feminine given names
Words originating in fiction