List of Polish Pokémon names

This is a list of my own ideas for Polish Pokémon names.

Alphabet

The Polish alphabet extends the Latin alphabet, and has 32 letters.

The letters Q, V, and X may be used in below names, but are never used in native words.

A Ą B C Ć D E Ę F G H I J K L Ł M N Ń O Ó P R S Ś T U W Y Z Ź Ż
a ą b c ć d e ę f g h i j k l ł m n ń o ó p r s ś t u w y z ź ż

The pronunciaiton rules mainly apply to contexts where there are native words. Loanwords that are unchanged from the original spelling are pronounced regarding the origin language’s pronunciation rules. Thus, weekend is pronounced like in English, but Waszyngton (Washington) is pronounced with a V sound instead of a W sound.

All vowel sounds are consistent, short, and never distinguished by length:
- A - as in back
- E - as in left
- I - as Y in very
- O - as in wrong
- Ó/U - as OO in boot
- Y - as I in thin
- Ą and Ę are just O and E, but pronounced nasally, like in French chanson (song) or italien (Italian).
S is always devoiced, so it’s pronounced like in sock.
T never becomes a tongue flap, so it’s pronounced like in the word tap!
C is pronounced like TS in parts.
G is always a hard G.
J is pronounced like Y in yen.
Ł is pronounced like W in week.
W is pronounced like V in vine.
Ń is pronounced like NY in canyon.
H and CH are pronounced a lot like H in English, but lean closer to K.
Ć, Ś, Ź, DŹ are pronounced like CH in chip, SH in ship, G in regime, and J in jinn, respectively. Those are iotized. The same applies to CI, SI, ZI, and DZI in most cases.
CZ, SZ, Ż, DŻ are pronounced like CH in chop, SH in show, S in vision, and J in jar, respectively. Those are not iotized.
Most words are stressed on the penultimate syllable.

Rules for making names

They all shall be family-friendly.
They must fit within 12 characters. I don’t care if the older games only permit 10. It was a limit placed out of necessity to fit on a Game Boy screen, but later games obviously have more space.

Generation I
Generation II
Generation III
Generation IV
Generation V
Generation VI
Generation VII
Generation VIII
Generation IX

Pokémon	New name	Etymology	Notes
Generation I
#0009 Blastoise	New nameŻółwierz	Etymology żółw: Polish for turtle, tortoise żołnierz: Polish for soldier	Notes In Polish, the same word żółw is used for all species of the Testudines order. Although it is less common, a classifier can be used to distinguish a sea turtle (żółw morski) from a tortoise (żółw lądowy). The terrapin has its own word as well (terapena).
#0023 Ekans	New nameZołop	Etymology połozowate: Polish for Colubridae From a part of this word backwards.	Notes Partially inspired by the German name, “Rettan”.
#0024 Arbok	New nameArbok	Etymology kobra: Polish for cobra; spelled backwards Same as the original	Notes
#0025 Pikachu	New namePikachu	EtymologySame as the original	Notes
#0026 Raichu	New nameRaichu	EtymologySame as the original	Notes
#0027 Sandshrew	New nameSandomysz	Etymology sand mysz: Polish for mouse	Notes
#0028 Sandslash	New nameSancernik	Etymology sand pancernik: Polish for armadillo	Notes I was the originally going with “Sandolin” (from sand and pangolin), but that sounded too similar to a brand name.
#0029 Nidoran♀	New nameNidoran♀	EtymologySame as the original. Pronounced “Nidoran samica” (lit. “Nidoran female”).	Notes
#0030 Nidorina	New nameNidorina	EtymologySame as the original	Notes
#0031 Nidoqueen	New nameNidoqueen	EtymologySame as the original	Notes
#0032 Nidoran♂	New nameNidoran♂	EtymologySame as the original. Pronounced “Nidoran samiec” (lit. “Nidoran male”).	Notes
#0033 Nidorino	New nameNidorino	EtymologySame as the original	Notes
#0034 Nidoking	New nameNidoking	EtymologySame as the original	Notes
#0100 Voltorb	New nameKulomba	Etymology kula: Polish for ball bomba: Polish for bomb kulomb: Polish for coulomb (SI unit of electric charge, symbol: C)	Notes The original idea, “Kulomb”, was not coined by me! It comes from Dark Archon’s Polish Pokémon Crystal patch. But I love the pun so well that it landed on this list! I had to change it so that it’s not the exact same as an actual word.
#0130 Gyarados	New nameGarados	EtymologySame as the German name	Notes A lot of Polish Pokémon fans mispronounce “Gyarados” as “Guyardos” due to inconsistencies early on in Pokémon the Series’ Polish dub. So I decided to change it to the almost identical German name.
#0133 Eevee	New nameEevee	EtymologySame as the original	Notes
Generation II
#0185 Sudowoodo	New nameŁżewo	Etymology łże: inflected form of łgać, Polish for lie (to state the untruth) drzewo: Polish for tree	Notes Not coined by me! It comes from Dark Archon’s Polish Pokémon Crystal patch. “Łgać” is dated and not easy to pronounce. The same applies to its inflected forms. Nowadays, Polish speakers more commonly use “kłamać”.
#0201 Unown	New nameIcognito	Etymology incognito: Latin for unknown Same as the German name	Notes
#0205 Forretress	New nameFortyszka	Etymology forteca: Polish for fortress szyszka: Polish for pinecone	Notes
#0218 Slugma	New nameŚlimagma	Etymology ślimak: Polish for snail, slug magma	Notes
#0219 Magcargo	New nameMagcargo	Etymology magma escargot: French for snail, slug cargo Same as the original	Notes I initially wanted “Magmargo”, but thought about the escargot/cargo pun. The C is pronounced like K here, like originally.
#0248 Tyranitar	New nameTyranitar	EtymologySame as the original	Notes A lot of Polish Pokémon fans call this one “Tyrek”. Yes, much like one of the Poznań Goats. I think it makes me keep the original name.
Generation III
#0299 Nosepass	New nameKompanos	Etymology kompas: Polish for compass nos: Polish for nose kompan: Polish for companion, comrade	Notes
#0321 Wailord	New nameWielord	Etymology wieloryb: Polish for whale lord	Notes Fun fact: wieloryb comes from Proto-Slavic velьrybъ, so it is also reflected in other Slavic languages. By surface anaylsis, it comes from wiele ryb*, meaning “many fish”. It’s one of the reasons I thought whales are fish when I was little, but they’re in fact mammals.
#0324 Torkoal	New nameŻółwęgiel	Etymology żółw: Polish for turtle, tortoise węgiel: Polish for coal	Notes
#0345 Lileep	New nameLilip	Etymology lilia: Polish for lily polip: Polish for polyp Similar to the English name	Notes
#0359 Absol	New nameAbsol	Etymology Same as the original	Notes
#0363 Spheal	New nameFokula	Etymology foka: Polish for seal kula: Polish for ball	Notes
#0365 Walrein	New nameMorsir	Etymology mors: Polish for walrus Sir: English honorific title	Notes Unintentional, but it sounds like “More, sir!”
#0374 Beldum	New nameLahant	Etymology hantla: Polish for dumbbell; the syllables are rearranged	Notes
Generation IV
#0389 Torterra	New nameZiemółw	Etymology ziemia: Polish for Earth, land, soil żółw: Polish for turtle, tortoise	Notes
#0437 Bronzong	New nameBrązwon	Etymology brąz: Polish for bronze dzwon: Polish for bell	Notes Something I serendipitously came up with while talking with someone whose favorite Pokémon was Bronzong.
#0441 Chatot	New namePapluga	Etymology paplać: Polish for “[to] chatter, [to] babble” papla: Polish for chatterbox, blabbermouth papuga: Polish for parrot	Notes
#0455 Carnivine	New nameVenuliana	Etymology Venus flytrap liana: climbing woody vine, usually tropical	Notes
#0472 Gliscor	New nameSkorpioszyb	Etymology szybować: Polish for “[to] glide” skorpion: Polish for scorpion	Notes I considered Szyborpion from the same words.
#0476 Probopass	New nameNosagnes	Etymology nos: Polish for nose magnes: Polish/Latin for magnet	Notes This almost makes it Nosepass’s German name “Nasgnet”, but I came up with Nosepass’s Polish name first.
Generation V
#0502 Dewott	New nameWydronin	Etymology wydra: Polish for otter 浪人 rōnin: Japanese for samurai without a master	Notes Inspired by the German name, “Zwottronin”.
#0534 Conkeldurr	New nameStarbeton	Etymology stary: Polish for old beton: Polish for concrete (building material)	Notes This was the first idea on this list.
#0564 Tirtouga	New nameŻółwiura	Etymology żółw: Polish for turtle, tortoise jura: Polish for Jurassic (geologic period)	Notes
#0593 Jellicent	New nameMeducha	Etymology meduza: Polish for jellyfish duch: Polish for ghost	Notes
#0608 Lampent	New nameLampiór	Etymology lampa: Polish for lamp lampion: Polish for lantern upiór: Polish for ghost, spectre, vampire	Notes
#0609 Chandelure	New nameŻyranduch	Etymology żyrandol: Polish for chandelier duch: Polish for ghost	Notes
#0624 Pawniard	New namePionkatana	Etymology pion: Polish for pawn 刀 katana: Japanese for sword	Notes
#0625 Bisharp	New nameKatoniec	Etymology kat: Polish for executioner 刀 katana: Japanese for sword goniec: Polish for bishop (chess piece)	Notes
#0627 Rufflet	New nameKorzeł	Etymology karzeł: Polish for dwarf orzeł: Polish for eagle	Notes
#0629 Vullaby	New nameSępisklę	Etymology sęp: Polish for vulture pisklę: Polish for chick	Notes
Generation VI
#0664 Scatterbug	New nameRobakona	Etymology robak: Polish for bug 粉 kona: Japanese for powder, dust	Notes
#0665 Spewpa	New nameKokona	Etymology kokon: Polish for cocoon 粉 kona: Japanese for powder, dust	Notes
Generation VII
#0739 Crabrawler	New nameKraboks	Etymology krab: Polish for crab boks: Polish for boxing Similar to the German name Krabbox	Notes
#0766 Passimian	New nameLemurzut	Etymology lemur rzut: Polish for throw (n)	Notes
Generation VIII
#0833 Chewtle	New nameŻuwik	Etymology żuć: Polish for chew żółwik: Polish (diminutive) for turtle	Notes
#0852 Clobbopus	New nameOktoks	Etymology octopus boks: Polish for boxing	Notes
#0873 Frosmoth	New nameCiemróz	Etymology ciem: inflected form of ćma, Polish for moth mróz: Polish for frost	Notes
Generation IX
#0924 Tandemaus	New nameMyszpół	Etymology mysz: Polish for mouse zespół: Polish for team pół: Polish for half	Notes pół is supported by Tandemaus’ Violet Pokédex entry: ”[…] They split any food they find exactly in half and then eat it together.” It also implies that it’s a “half” of Maushold.
#0925 Maushold	New nameRodzimyszy	Etymology rodzina: Polish for family rodzić: Polish for “[to] give birth” myszy: Polish for mice	Notes
#0973 Flamigo	New nameFlamigo	EtymologySame as the original	Notes No need to change anything. Flamigo’s English name is perfect.
#0985 Scream Tail	New nameKrzykogon	Etymology krzyk: Polish for scream ogon: Polish for tail	Notes
#0990 Iron Treads	New nameŻelazopona	Etymology żelazo: Polish for iron opona: Polish for tyre	Notes
#0992 Iron Hands	New nameŻelazodłonie	Etymology żelazo: Polish for iron dłonie: inflected form of dłoń, Polish for palm (part of a hand)	Notes
#???? Iron Boulder	New nameŻelazogłaz	Etymology żelazo: Polish for iron głaz: Polish for boulder	Notes
#1024 Terapagos	New nameTerapagos	EtymologySame as the original	Notes