Gediminas

Boy · Lithuanian

Gediminas

Say it: geh-DIH-mih-nahs

Meaning

Name of the 14th-century grand duke; it has been analysed as an old two-part Lithuanian name, but the meaning of its parts is uncertain.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Revived in the national movement and common in 20th-century Lithuania.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

Used by

Lithuanian

The family of the name

Polish	Giedymin

Famous bearers

Gediminas, grand duke of Lithuania and founder of Vilnius

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies
Medieval Slavic chronicles and charters
National birth statistics of European countries source

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