Artemii
As a Polish baby name it only surfaces in the 2020s, given to boys alone and still to very few: most Poles have never met an Artemii. It's Greek at root, from Artemiusz, and means "dedicated to Artemis"; here it travels mainly with Russian and Ukrainian families.
Artemii Pronunciation
Artemii is pronounced ahr-TEM-yee (/arˈtɛmji/).
What Artemii means
Where Artemii comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Artemii comes from Greek. It descends from Artemios, a name built on the goddess Artemis, and the sense handed down to its bearers reads "dedicated to Artemis." The tie to a huntress goddess is old, though the name reached most of its bearers through the Church rather than through myth.
Saint Artemius of Antioch anchors that Christian line. He was a fourth-century military commander who was later martyred under the emperor Julian, and his feast falls on 20 October. Byzantine Greek carried the name eastward, where Russian and Ukrainian speakers made Artemii their own.
For a Polish reader the spelling looks foreign. And it is. Written into a class register in Wrocław, Artemii sits beside the Antonis and Michałs as a sign of an Eastern home. The double i at the end holds onto the Greek Artemios, and behind it stand the goddess and the plain meaning, dedicated to Artemis.
How many people are named Artemii
1 in 45417 men in Poland is named Artemii. 470 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1365 among male names.
Artemii's popularity over time
4 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1008 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2021.
Where Artemii is most popular
Artemii is most popular in Greater Poland, 904% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Greater Poland2 boys born+904%