Sokrates
Fewer than twenty Polish men carry it, and no boys have been given it this century: most Poles will never meet one. From Greek, it reads as "whole, unwounded power".
Sokrates Pronunciation
Sokrates is pronounced sok-RAH-tes (/sɔkˈratɛs/).
What Sokrates means
Where Sokrates comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Sokrates comes from Greek. It joins "sōs," meaning safe, sound, whole, to "kratos," meaning power or strength. Put together, the parts read as whole, unwounded power. In Polish that lands as zdrowa siła.
The most famous bearer never wrote a word down. Socrates of Athens questioned people in the marketplace and died in 399 BC by drinking hemlock. His name was already old before Plato fixed it on the page.
For a Polish boy the name arrives ancient. It appears on a class register and stands out at once. Few boys carry it. The short meaning sits under the Greek: strength that has not been broken, force that stays intact.
Sokrates has no Polish diminutives worn smooth by daily use. There is no soft home form, no name-day fixed in the calendar. What remains is the shape itself, four syllables holding one old claim: unwounded power.
When Sokrates celebrates name day
Sokrates appears 3 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 19 April.
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 Sokrates
1 in 1423079 men in Poland is named Sokrates. 15 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #12313 among male names.
Sokrates as a middle name
Sokrates is a first name for 15 men in Poland and a middle name for another 26, a 37/63 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1691st, between Santosh (26) and Soo (26).
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#1689 Rohan26
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#1690 Santosh26
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#1691 Sokrates26
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#1692 Soo26
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#1693 Tai26