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Wojciech
Say it: VOY-chekh
Meaning
Polish form of Vojtěch, from voj 'warrior' and těcha 'comfort, joy'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Spread in Poland by the cult of Saint Adalbert, buried at Gniezno.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 59 babies given this name since 1985
- At its height in 2007, about 1 in 259,300 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Wojtek
| Czech | Vojtěch |
|---|---|
| Slovak | Vojtech |
Famous bearers
- Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish leader
- Wojciech Kossak, Polish painter
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.