Irakli
From Greek, meaning "glory of Hera". Fewer than 2,000 Polish men carry it, rare enough that most people here have never met one.
Irakli Pronunciation
Irakli is pronounced ee-RAHK-lee (/iˈrakli/).
What Irakli means
Where Irakli comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Irakli traces back to Greek, where it began as Herakles, the hero the Romans later called Hercules. The Greek form binds Hera, queen of the gods, to kleos, meaning glory. That gives the short meaning carried by Irakli today: glory of Hera.
There is an old irony folded into those parts. In the myths Hera pursued Herakles with jealousy, yet his very name honours her. From Greek the name traveled east and settled in Georgia, where Irakli became a common given name. King Erekle II, who ruled in the eighteenth century, wore a Georgian form of it, and the same root reaches back to the Byzantine emperor Heraclius.
For a Polish child the name arrives without a name-day of its own. Picture it read once from a school register in Kraków, a single Irakli among the Kacpers and Antonis. It stays foreign. That is part of its pull, and the meaning holds steady behind the spelling: glory of Hera.
How many people are named Irakli
1 in 12564 men in Poland is named Irakli. 1,699 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #754 among male names.
Irakli's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1609 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2023. Still the #754 name among living men, even as it slips to #1609 among newborns.