Konrad
More than 90,000 Polish men carry it, but it's fading with each year: fewer than 200 boys got it last year. Slavic at root, from a word for "bold counsel".
Konrad Pronunciation
Konrad is pronounced KON-raht (/ˈkɔnrat/).
What Konrad means
Where Konrad comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Konrad comes to Polish from Slavic roots, and it holds the sense of bold counsel, a śmiały doradca who speaks up when others go quiet.
The name has a plainer cousin: Kondrat, an older variant that once moved through the same villages and parish records. Where Konrad kept its formal shape, Kondrat softened toward everyday speech. Both point back to the same idea, advice given without flinching.
A Konrad is easy to place on a class register, the teacher reading it out between a Kamil and a Krzysztof. The name sits well there. It is short enough to call across a schoolyard and firm enough to sign at the bottom of a form.
The meaning of bold counsel was not a promise pinned on at birth. It grew from the parts of the name and stayed. To carry the name Konrad is to carry that old pairing of courage and good sense, and the variant Kondrat holds it too.
How many people are named Konrad
1 in 236 men in Poland is named Konrad. 90,507 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #130 among male names.
Konrad's popularity over time
161 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #207 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000. Still the #130 name among living men, even as it slips to #207 among newborns.
Where Konrad is most popular
Konrad is most popular in Pomeranian, 120% above the national average (262 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Kuyavian-Pomeranian (+97%) and Warmian-Masurian (+31%). It is least common in Świętokrzyskie and Masovian, 49% and 48% below average respectively.
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Pomeranian262 boys born+120%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian174 boys born+97%
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Warmian-Masurian76 boys born+31%
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Silesian191 boys born+4%
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Subcarpathian99 boys born+2%
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West Pomeranian69 boys born+1%
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Lesser Poland179 boys born−2%
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Opole35 boys born−6%
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Greater Poland164 boys born−6%
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Lower Silesian116 boys born−9%
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Lubusz34 boys born−15%
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Podlaskie40 boys born−25%
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Lublin60 boys born−28%
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Łódź73 boys born−29%
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Masovian150 boys born−48%
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Świętokrzyskie23 boys born−49%
Konrad as a middle name
Konrad is a first name for 90,507 men in Poland and a middle name for another 43,041, a 68/32 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 63rd, between Zygmunt (45,511) and Sylwester (42,312).
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61
45,598Przemysław
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62
45,511Zygmunt
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6343,041Konrad
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64
42,312Sylwester
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65
39,996Kacper
When Konrad celebrates name day
Konrad appears 5 times in the Polish name day calendar. The main date is 19 February.