Ozodbek
The name carries the sense of "free lord". Fewer than fifty men in Poland go by it, so nearly everyone here will live without ever meeting one.
Ozodbek Pronunciation
Ozodbek is pronounced o-ZOD-bek (/ɔˈzɔdbɛk/).
What Ozodbek means
Where Ozodbek comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ozodbek joins two words that traveled far before they met. "Ozod" comes from the Persian āzād, meaning free, the same root behind the Tajik and Uzbek words for liberty. "Bek" is a Turkic title of rank, a lord or a chieftain, the same beg found across Central Asia and in surnames like Bek. Set side by side, they give the sense the name still holds in Uzbekistan: free lord, in Polish wolny pan.
The name lives mostly in Uzbekistan and the Turkic-speaking lands around it. Its best-known bearer is Ozodbek Nazarbekov, born 1974, a singer named People's Artist of Uzbekistan in 2010 and later the country's Minister of Culture. His music sets modern pop against older Uzbek song.
In Poland the name is rare. A teacher reading a class register might pause on Ozodbek before the first roll call.
Yet the two halves are easy to keep apart once you know them. "Ozod" for free, "bek" for lord.
Sources: [Ozodbek Nazarbekov (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozodbek_Nazarbekov), [Qalampir.uz](https://qalampir.uz/en/news/ozodbek-nazarbekov-yana-bir-davlatda-khalk-artisti-buldi-106509)
How many people are named Ozodbek
1 in 464048 men in Poland is named Ozodbek. 46 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5645 among male names.