Search for: [Abstract = "The subject of the presented study are the names given to boys in the years 1950\-1955 and 1980\-1985 in the parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Częstochowa. The paper presents a qualitative and frequency analysis of names given for the first, second and sometimes third time. While collecting research material, the parents` forenames were also considered. To assess, whether the choice of forenames for boys was influenced by their fathers` forenames. Based on the analyses presented, one may conclude that parents are only to a small extent guided by the names they bear when naming their children."]