Nazary
Just six men in Poland carry it, so most Poles will never meet one. The name comes from the Greek for someone from Nazareth, and reaches Polish mainly through Ukrainian, where Nazar is the everyday short form.
Nazary Pronunciation
Nazary is pronounced nah-ZAH-rih (/naˈzarɨ/).
What Nazary means
Where Nazary comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Nazary begins with a place. The name comes from the Greek form of Nazareth, the town in Galilee, and its short meaning stays literal: from Nazareth. Early Christians used the word to mark someone as belonging to that town.
The name settled deep in Ukrainian usage, where Nazar is the everyday diminutive. A boy entered as Nazary in a Polish class register may answer to Nazar among cousins. The fuller variants Nazarij and Nazariusz hold the older, formal shape.
Behind the name stands Saint Nazarius, an early martyr venerated at Milan, whose relics Ambrose is said to have found in the fourth century. His feast falls on 28 July. The devout sense sometimes attached to Nazary arrived later through this saint. The origin itself points only to Nazareth.
When Nazary celebrates name day
Nazary appears 3 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 10 May.
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 Nazary
1 in 3557698 men in Poland is named Nazary. 6 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #23657 among male names.