Grażyna

Grażyna [ɡraˈʐɨna] is a Polish feminine given name. The name was created by the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz for the main character of his 1823 poem Grażyna. The name is derived from the Lithuanian adjective gražus, meaning "pretty", "beautiful".^[1]

Diminutives/hypocoristics include Grasia, Grazia, Grażynka, Grażka, Grażusia.

In Polish tradition, the name days for Grażyna are April 1^[1] and July 26.^[2]

Notable people

Grażyna Auguścik (born 1955), Polish jazz vocalist, composer, and arranger
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969), Polish composer and violinist
Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska (born 1962), Polish actress
Grażyna Brodzińska (born 1951), Polish soprano, opera and operetta singer, and musical actress
Grażyna Ciemniak (born 1948), Polish politician
Grażyna Długołęcka (born 1951), Polish film actress
Grażyna Gęsicka (1951–2010), Polish sociologist and politician
Grazyna Kochanska, Polish-American developmental psychologist
Grażyna Kostrzewińska (born 1950), Polish pair skater
Grażyna Kulczyk (born 1950), Polish investor, art collector, philanthropist and billionaire
Grazyna Monvid, British actress, author and award-winning playwright
Grażyna Miller (1957–2009), Polish poet and translator
Grażyna Prokopek (born 1977), Polish sprinter
Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil (born 1947), Polish composer and music educator
Grażyna Szapołowska (born 1953), Polish film and theatre actress
Grażyna Staszak-Makowska (born 1953), Polish fencer
Grażyna Strachota (born 1960), Polish actress
Grażyna Rabsztyn (born 1952), Polish hurdler
Grażyna Witkowska (born 1952), Polish gymnast
Grażyna Wolszczak (born 1958), Polish actress
Grażyna Vetulani (born 1956), Polish philologist and linguist, professor of the humanities
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