Skarbimir
Fewer than twenty men in Poland carry this name today, so most Poles will never meet a Skarbimir. It comes from Slavic roots meaning "care for peace".
Skarbimir Pronunciation
Skarbimir is pronounced skahr-BEE-meer (/skarˈbimir/).
What Skarbimir means
Where Skarbimir comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Skarbimir is a Slavic name built from two old pieces. The second, "-mir," is the same element that closes Kazimierz, Sławomir, and Włodzimierz, and it carries the sense of peace. The first part ties the name to care and keeping. Put together, the tradition reads Skarbimir as "care for peace."
The name has a real medieval bearer. Skarbimir was a palatine under Bolesław III Wrymouth in the early twelfth century, a powerful figure from the Awdaniec clan. The chronicler Gallus Anonymus records him. He later rebelled against the duke and was blinded for it, so the man who bore a name about peace ended his career in open revolt. History does not always match a meaning.
Today the name is rare. A child called Skarbimir would likely be the only one on a class register, his name read out slowly by a teacher meeting it for the first time.
The "-mir" ending keeps it in familiar company. Say it beside Sławomir and the shared root is plain. The meaning stays fixed: care for peace.
When Skarbimir celebrates name day
Skarbimir appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 26 January.
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 Skarbimir
1 in 1123484 men in Poland is named Skarbimir. 19 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #10430 among male names.
Skarbimir as a middle name
Skarbimir is a first name for 19 men in Poland and a middle name for another 30, a 39/61 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1544th, between Simbarashe (30) and Tadesse (30).
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#1542 Siegmund30
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#1543 Simbarashe30
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#1544 Skarbimir30
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#1545 Tadesse30
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#1546 Umut30