Polish spelling?

[Deleted User]

My husband and I really like the name "Stosh" when it's said out loud....but his family is Polish (and so is our last name) so he wants to spell it the Polish way, Stach, while I think we should go with the English version, Stosh.  Any thoughts?  I like the Polish way, but I know NO ONE will know how to pronounce it...

bobcee

I know how to pronounce it because I'm Polish, but most people are going to just be hearing it instead of just seeing it.  Plus I don't think it's any harder than "Stosh".  That being said, it's more of a NN than a full name which I am not a generally a fan of, so I'd go with Stanislaw, NN Stach if you wanted to go that direction.

DIY7

"Stas" ( there's an accent over the second "s" in Polish is the nn for Stanislaw (the l is also a completely different letter). Stas is a nn, and Stanislaw translates into Stanley. The name in Polish is dated btw, and I would steer clear of using the nn as a given name.

DIY7

And please, do not butcher the spelling just to get the right pronunciation of a nn.

CiderWench

I generally don't like Americanized spellings, so I agree with your husband. Sorry.

DIY7

One more thing, I'm not sure you and your H are talking about the same nn. The name is Stanislaw, and you can use Stach (which sounds like a 50 yr. man) or Stas (cute for a boy) or even Stasiu.

[Deleted User]

Thanks for all the info!  We were thinking Stach as in the NN for Stanislaw, but we didn't want to do the full name.  I didn't know about Stas, though.  I grew up with a guy who spelled it Stosh, and we looked that up and it says it's an English (aka British) name.  We've thought about the whole giving a NN as a name thing, but decided we don't see much wrong with it.  Stach is just one of the names we're considering at the moment....thanks so much for all the feedback/ideas!  :-)

PS The other name we really like is Dade.