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Wojciech (IPA: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛx] ) is a Polish name, equivalent to Czech Vojtěch [ˈvojcɛx], Slovak Vojtech, and German Woitke. The name is formed from two Slavic roots:

wój (Slavic: voj), a root pertaining to war. It also forms words like wojownik ("warrior") and wojna ("war").
ciech (from an earlier form, tech), meaning "joy".
The resulting combination means "he who enjoys war" or "joyous warrior".
Its Polish diminutive forms include Wojtek [ˈvɔjtɛk] , Wojtuś [ˈvɔjtuɕ], Wojtas, Wojcio, Wojteczek, Wojcieszek, Wojtaszka, Wojtaszek, Wojan (noted already in 1136), Wojko, and variants noted as early as 1400, including Woytko, Woythko, and Voytko. The feminine form is Wojciecha (IPA: [vɔjˈt͡ɕɛxa]). Related names in South Slavic languages include Vojko, Vojislav, and Vojteh.
The name has been rendered into German in several different variations, including: Woitke, Witke, Voitke, Voytke, Woytke, Vogtke, Woytegk, Woytek, Wogtke, Woetke, Wötke, and Wotke. It appears as Woyzeck in the play of that name by Georg Büchner. A variant form is Wozzeck, the result of confusion due to the similarity of the letters ⟨y⟩ and ⟨z⟩ in Sütterlin handwriting; this form is used as the name of the opera by Alban Berg, based on Büchner's play.
The Germanic name Adalbert is sometimes associated with Wojciech, or Vojtech, but the two names are not linguistically related. Their components and meanings are completely different, but the names may have become associated as a result of the 10th-century St. Adalbert of Prague (born Vojtěch Slavník) having taken the name Adalbert at his confirmation.
The name day for individuals named Wojciech is 23 April.




People and characters with the given name Wojciech


Saint Adalbert of Prague (Czech: svatý Vojtěch; Polish: Św. Wojciech), the first recorded user of this name
Wojciech Bogusławski, a Polish actor, theatre director, and writer of dramas
Wojciech Bobowski, an Ottoman musician, dragoman, and an intellectual of Polish descent.
Wojciech Buliński, Polish architect and professor
Wojciech Fangor, Polish painter, graphic artist and sculptor
Wojciech Fibak, Polish tennis player
Wojciech Frykowski, Polish actor, murdered in the US in 1969
Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish political and military leader, prime minister, head of the Polish Council of State, President and de facto dictator of Poland 1981–89
Wojciech Kamiński, Polish basketball coach
Wojciech Kasperski, Polish film director
Wojciech Kilar, Polish composer, known especially for his film music to Dracula
Wojciech Kondratowicz, Polish hammer thrower
Wojciech Korfanty, a Polish activist, journalist, politician, and a leader of the Silesian uprisings
Wojciech Kossak, Polish painter
Wojciech "Lala" Kuderski, Polish musician, member of Myslovitz
Wojciech Olejniczak, Polish politician
Wojciech Pszoniak, Polish actor
Wojciech Powaga, Polish musician, member of Myslovitz
Wojciech Samotij, Polish mathematician
Wojciech Siudmak, Polish painter and sculptor
Wojciech Stuchlik, Polish tennis player
Wojciech Szczęsny, Polish goalkeeper
Wojciech Szpankowski, Polish-born American computer scientist
Wojciech Wentura, Polish opera tenor
Wojtek Wolski, Polish-born Canadian National Hockey League forward for the Washington Capitals
Wojciech Zabłocki, Polish architect and fencer
Wojciech Zaremba, Polish computer scientist, co-founder of Open AI
Wojciech Zurek, Polish-born physicist and nationalized American who works at Los Alamos National Laboratory in quantum physics
Wojciech Żukrowski, Polish writer




Others


Wojtek, a Syrian brown bear from Persia adopted by soldiers of the Polish II Corps




See also


All pages with titles containing Wojciech
All pages with titles containing Wojtek
Vojtěch
Voytek
Polish name
Slavic names
Wojciechów (disambiguation) – Polish place names
Wojciechowski – Polish surname




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Wojciech Szczęsny
• Wojciech Ruszkowski
• Wojciech Klata
• Wojciech Marczewski
• Wojciech Jaruzelski
• Wojciech Gerson
• Pembunuhan Tate
• Wojciech Brzozowski (ahli hukum)
• Wojciech Łazarek
• Wojciech Pawłowski
• Wojciech
• Wojciech Szczęsny
• Wojciech of Bogoria and Żminogród
• Wojciech Trąmpczyński
• Wojciech Żywny
• Wojciech Orłowski
• Wojciech Jaruzelski
• Wojciech Kossak
• Wojciech Pokora
• Wojciech Pszoniak