Dyzma
Greek at root, carrying the sense of "sunset". So rare that most Poles have never met one: only a couple dozen men wear it, and just two boys got it last year.
Dyzma Pronunciation
Dyzma is pronounced DIHZ-mah (/ˈdɨzma/).
What Dyzma means
Where Dyzma comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Dyzma comes from Greek. Behind it stands δυσμή, dysmē, a word for sunset, the point where the sun goes down and the west itself. That short meaning, sunset, sits at the base of the name and gives it a pedigree older than any Polish record.
In Poland the name arrived alongside Dismas, the penitent thief of Christian tradition, whose feast falls on 25 March. A Dyzma who checks the calendar finds his imieniny there, near the start of spring.
For Polish readers one Dyzma stands out. Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz gave the name to his 1932 novel Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy, whose hero bluffs his way to the top of interwar politics. The book turned Dyzma into a byword for the accidental careerist, and that literary charge can crowd a rare first name. The Greek sense still holds underneath: sunset, δυσμή.
When Dyzma celebrates name day
Dyzma appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 25 March.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Dyzma
1 in 1185899 men in Poland is named Dyzma. 18 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #10609 among male names.
Dyzma's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1532 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Dyzma as a middle name
Dyzma is a first name for 18 men in Poland and a middle name for another 24, a 43/57 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1744th, between Dinesh (24) and Eckhard (24).
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#1742 Carter24
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#1743 Dinesh24
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#1744 Dyzma24
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#1745 Eckhard24
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#1746 Fabien24