Boy · Old Slavic
Zbigniew
Say it: ZBEEG-nyef
Meaning
From Slavic zbyć 'to get rid of' and gniew 'anger'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Borne by a son of Bolesław III, it was very common in 20th-century Poland, now rare.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 28 babies given this name since 1952
- At its height in 1952, about 1 in 176,700 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Zbyszek
| Czech | Zbyněk |
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Famous bearers
- Zbigniew Herbert, Polish poet
- Zbigniew Brzezinski, political scientist
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Medieval Slavic chronicles and charters
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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