Polikarp
Fewer than a hundred Polish men carry Polikarp, and the birth records show none given since 2000: meeting one would stick with you. The name comes from Greek and means "fruitful", abundant in fruit.
Polikarp Pronunciation
Polikarp is pronounced po-LEE-kahrp (/pɔˈlikarp/).
What Polikarp means
Where Polikarp comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Polikarp comes from Greek Polykarpos, from poly, "much," and karpos, "fruit." The literal sense is "much fruit, fruitful." A person marked by yield.
The best-known bearer is Saint Polycarp of Smyrna, a bishop martyred around 155 AD and remembered as a disciple of the apostle John. Through him the name entered Christian calendars, and Polish tradition keeps his imieniny on 26 January. On a class register it stands out now, longer than the Jakubs and Antonis around it.
The meaning stays close to the Greek. Where Katarzyna gained "pure" long after its roots, Polikarp never drifted from its farming image. Karpos meant orchard fruit and harvest, and the poly in front only widens it. In Polish the sense reads obfitujący w owoce, abundant in fruit. It is an old name, uncommon, and it means fruitful.
When Polikarp celebrates name day
Polikarp appears 3 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 23 February.
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 Polikarp
1 in 211348 men in Poland is named Polikarp. 101 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3435 among male names.
Polikarp as a middle name
Polikarp is a first name for 101 men in Poland and a middle name for another 122, a 45/55 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 634th, between Michele (122) and Yosef (122).
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#632 Hernan122
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#633 Michele122
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#634 Polikarp122
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#635 Yosef122
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#636 Efe121