Leszek
Leszek is an old Polish male given name. It is often referred to as the diminutive of Lech . In fact, the etymology is unclear, because in historical sources Leszek (Lestek) appears before Lech ; Although a common trunk is possible, it is considered unoccupied. It was also written as Lestek until the 13th century .
Name bearer
Ruler
- Lestek († around 930), Polish prince
- Leszek I (1186-1227), Polish duke
- Leszek II (1241–1288), Polish duke
First name
- Leszek Aleksandrzak (* 1958), Polish politician
- Leszek Balcerowicz (* 1947), Polish economist and politician
- Leszek Blanik (* 1977), Polish gymnast
- Leszek Błażyński (1949–1992), Polish boxer
- Leszek Bubel (* 1957), Polish politician
- Leszek Cichy (* 1951), Polish mountaineer
- Leszek Cieślik (* 1955), Polish politician
- Leszek Czarnecki (* 1962), Polish engineer, economist and businessman
- Leszek Deptuła (1953–2010), Polish politician
- Leszek Drogosz (1933–2012), Polish boxer
- Leszek Dunecki (* 1956), Polish sprinter
- Leszek Engelking (* 1955), Polish writer
- Leszek Klima (* 1957), German-Polish pole vault coach
- Leszek Kołakowski (1927–2009), Polish philosopher
- Leszek Krowicki (* 1957), Polish handball player
- Leszek Kucharski (* 1959), Polish table tennis player
- Leszek Laszkiewicz (* 1978), Polish ice hockey player
- Leszek Libera (* 1948), Polish polonist, writer and translator
- Leszek Lubicz-Nycz (1899–1939), Polish saber fencer and officer
- Leszek Matela (* 1955), Polish psi journalist, researcher of unknown phenomena and radiesthesist
- Leszek Miller (* 1946), Polish politician
- Leszek Moczulski (* 1930), Polish historian and politician
- Leszek Możdżer (* 1971), Polish jazz pianist and composer
- Leszek Nowak (1943–2009), Polish philosopher
- Leszek Pawłowski (1895–1967), Polish ski jumper
- Leszek Pękalski (* 1966), Polish serial killer
- Leszek Piotrowski (1938–2010), Polish lawyer and politician
- Leszek Pisz (* 1966), Polish football player
- Leszek Rózga (1924–2015), Polish painter, graphic artist and university professor
- Leszek Józef Serafinowicz (1899–1956), Polish writer, known under the pseudonym Jan Lechoń
- Leszek Skurski (* 1973), German-Polish artist
- Leszek Słupecki (* 1956), Polish historian
- Leszek Wodzyński (1946–1999), Polish hurdler
- Leszek Zadlo (* 1945), Polish jazz musician
- Leszek Ziątkowski , Polish historian
- Leszek Żyliński (* 1954), Polish Germanist, literary historian and professor
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leszek on behindthename.com (Engl.)
- ↑ Leszek on vornames-weltweit.de
- ↑ Jana Grzenia: Slownik Imion . Wydawinctwo Naukowe PWN, Warsaw 2002, ISBN 978-83-01-15644-2 , p. 362 .
- ↑ ibid.