Dzierżykraj
The PESEL register counts three living men who carry it, and no boy has been given it in this century. Old Polish stock built from whole words: *dzierżyć*, to hold, and *kraj*, land, together "one who rules the land".
Dzierżykraj Pronunciation
Dzierżykraj is pronounced jer-ZHIHK-rahy (/d͡ʑɛrˈʐɨkraj/).
What Dzierżykraj means
Where Dzierżykraj comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Dzierżykraj is a compound built from two Old Polish pieces. The verb dzierżyć means to hold or to grasp, and kraj means land or country. Together they give the short meaning the records keep: one who rules the land. This is old Slavic stock, the kind assembled from whole words rather than borrowed from a saint.
The name is documented deep in Polish history. In the thirteenth century a man called Dzierżykraj held the castellany of Drezdenko, a post that put him in charge of a stronghold and its district. The verb for holding sits inside his name, and holding a fortified town was his work. An older spelling drops the vowel: Dzirżykraj.
Today the name is almost gone. The PESEL register lists three living men who carry it. Their name-day falls on 17 July.
How many people are named Dzierżykraj
1 in 7115396 men in Poland is named Dzierżykraj. 3 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #36215 among male names.
Dzierżykraj as a middle name
Dzierżykraj is a first name for 3 men in Poland and a middle name for another 14, an 18/82 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2496th, between Dwayne (14) and Eddie (14).
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#2494 Duarte14
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#2495 Dwayne14
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#2496 Dzierżykraj14
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#2497 Eddie14
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#2498 Edinson14