Olgierd
A Lithuanian name meaning "all famous". Fewer than 4,000 men in Poland carry it, so most people have never met one, even though it still sits inside the top 1,000.
Olgierd Pronunciation
Olgierd is pronounced OLG-yert (/ˈɔlgjɛrt/).
What Olgierd means
Where Olgierd comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Olgierd comes from Lithuanian. The older form is Algirdas, built from an element meaning "all" joined to one tied to fame and being widely heard of. Read together, the parts give the short meaning that Polish records keep for the name: cały w sławie, all famous.
History supplies a real bearer. Algirdas was Grand Duke of Lithuania in the fourteenth century, ruling from the 1340s until his death in 1377, and Polish tradition has long spelled his name Olgierd. Through the dynastic ties between Lithuania and Poland, the name settled into Polish use and stayed.
The meaning "all famous" is a claim about reputation, about a person known far past their own town. It does not promise fame to any child. Olgierd has no common diminutive and no feminine form to soften it. On a class register it stands short and complete.
Today it reads as old, and Lithuanian at the root. That root still says the same thing: all famous.
When Olgierd celebrates name day
Olgierd appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 4 November.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
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 Olgierd
1 in 5585 men in Poland is named Olgierd. 3,822 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #542 among male names.
Olgierd's popularity over time
76 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #279 among newborns. It has been stable for a decade.
Where Olgierd is most popular
Olgierd is most popular in Pomeranian, 53% above the national average (63 boys born 2019–2025), followed by West Pomeranian (+48%) and Łódź (+21%). It is least common in Świętokrzyskie and Warmian-Masurian, 61% and 30% below average respectively.
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Pomeranian63 boys born+53%
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West Pomeranian35 boys born+48%
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Łódź43 boys born+21%
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Podlaskie22 boys born+19%
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Masovian115 boys born+16%
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Lublin32 boys born+11%
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Greater Poland67 boys born+11%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian31 boys born+1%
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Lubusz14 boys born+1%
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Lower Silesian37 boys born−16%
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Lesser Poland51 boys born−20%
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Silesian50 boys born−22%
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Subcarpathian25 boys born−26%
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Warmian-Masurian14 boys born−30%
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Świętokrzyskie6 boys born−61%
Olgierd as a middle name
Olgierd is a first name for 3,822 men in Poland and a middle name for another 2,000, a 66/34 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 178th, between Sergiusz (2,006) and Aleksy (1,952).
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#176 Bohdan2,028
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#177 Sergiusz2,006
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#178 Olgierd2,000
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#179 Aleksy1,952
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#180 Zygfryd1,911