Nazar
A Hebrew name meaning "from Nazareth", carried in Poland mostly within Ukrainian families. It goes almost exclusively to boys, and stays uncommon enough that meeting one tends to stick in the memory.
Nazar Pronunciation
Nazar is pronounced NAH-zahr (/ˈnazar/).
What Nazar means
Where Nazar comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Nazar begins in Hebrew, and it points to one place: Nazareth, the town in Galilee. The short meaning, from Nazareth, sits plainly in the name. Early Christians took such names as signs of where their faith was rooted, and Saint Nazarius, a martyr remembered at Milan, kept the form alive in the church calendar.
In Ukraine, Nazar is common. The name settled there and stayed, ordinary and well used, while its Hebrew source gave it a reach far past the Carpathians. On a Polish class register today, a Nazar can sit beside a Jan or a Zofia, brought by families with Ukrainian roots who saw no reason to change it.
There are no diminutives listed for it, no softer nursery version to fall back on. The name stands as it is, short and firm on an official form at the urząd. What it hands to the child is a Hebrew root and a plain sense that has not moved in centuries: from Nazareth.
How many people are named Nazar
1 in 1595 men in Poland is named Nazar. 13,409 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #322 among male names.
Nazar's popularity over time
58 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #328 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2009. Still the #322 name among living men, even as it slips to #328 among newborns.
Where parents choose Nazar
Nazar is most popular in Lubusz, 104% above the national average (13 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+73%) and Greater Poland (+66%). It is least common in Subcarpathian and Warmian-Masurian, 61% and 57% below average respectively.
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Lubusz
+104%1 in 3,820 babies
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Lower Silesian
+73%1 in 4,490 babies
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Greater Poland
+66%1 in 4,679 babies
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Subcarpathian
−61%1 in 20,094 babies
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Warmian-Masurian
−57%1 in 17,948 babies
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian
−50%1 in 15,626 babies
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Lubusz+104% 13 born1 in 3,820 babies+104%
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Lower Silesian+73% 35 born1 in 4,490 babies+73%
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Greater Poland+66% 46 born1 in 4,679 babies+66%
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West Pomeranian+38% 15 born1 in 5,628 babies+38%
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Silesian+20% 35 born1 in 6,502 babies+20%
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Masovian+18% 54 born1 in 6,560 babies+18%
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Pomeranian+16% 22 born1 in 6,696 babies+16%
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Łódź−2% 16 born1 in 7,920 babies−2%
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Lesser Poland−28% 21 born1 in 10,806 babies−28%
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Opole−33% 4 born1 in 11,524 babies−33%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−50% 7 born1 in 15,626 babies−50%
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Warmian-Masurian−57% 4 born1 in 17,948 babies−57%
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Subcarpathian−61% 6 born1 in 20,094 babies−61%
Nazar as a middle name
Nazar is a first name for 13,409 men in Poland and a middle name for another 22, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1873rd, between Michaël (22) and Noam (22).
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#1871 Matheus22
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#1872 Michaël22
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#1873 Nazar22
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#1874 Noam22
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#1875 Odo22