8: Josef Nowak -New Name (NP)

Submitter desires a masculine name.
Spelling (Josef Nowak) most important.

Josef - masculine given name found in familysearch.org. Josef Fritz, Male, Marriage Date 1580, Place Ulm, Württemberg, Deutschland, Batch M91503-4

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Nowak - Polish surname found in "Nazwiska Polaków" by Kazimierz Rymut, pg 197, s.n. Nowy lists several forms of <Nowy> to include <Nowak> dated 1335. "<Nowak> 1335 (od nowak 'czlowiek nowy, przybysz')" -- "the smith, new man, newcomer". Hard copy attached.

SENA Appendix C supports combining German and Polish name elements. These elements are less than 300 years apart.

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