Ondrej
About 35 men in Poland carry it, so meeting one stays with you. Greek at root, it means "manly, brave," and no newborn has taken it in years.
Ondrej Pronunciation
Ondrej is pronounced OND-rey (/ˈɔndrɛj/).
What Ondrej means
Where Ondrej comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ondrej begins in Greek. The root is andreios, "manly," built on anēr, genitive andros, the ordinary Greek word for a man. From that root came Andreas, and from Andreas the family of names that Ondrej belongs to. In Polish the sense lands as mężny, dzielny.
Ondrej is the Czech and Slovak form of the name Poland spells Andrzej. It crosses the border and keeps its meaning. A boy called Ondrej on a Slovak class register carries the same Greek word for courage that his Polish neighbour carries under a different spelling.
The bravery here is old and literal. It sat inside the Greek adjective before anyone made it a name. Ondrej wears that meaning plainly. The name still says mężny, dzielny, manly and brave.
How many people are named Ondrej
1 in 609891 men in Poland is named Ondrej. 35 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6768 among male names.