Spartak
Just 167 Polish men carry it, and no boys received it last year. The name comes from Greek and points to Sparta: "from the city of Sparta."
Spartak Pronunciation
Spartak is pronounced SPAHR-tahk (/ˈspartak/).
What Spartak means
Where Spartak comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Spartak comes from Greek, and it holds the name of Sparta, the old city of the southern Peloponnese. The short meaning stays close to that root: "from the city of Sparta." The name marks a place first.
The Russian story runs through Spartacus, the Thracian who led a slave revolt against Rome between 73 and 71 BC. After 1917, Soviet families reached for new, revolutionary names, and Spartak was one of them. The sports society Spartak Moscow, founded in 1935, fixed the name in everyday Russian life. A boy called Spartak grew up sharing his name with a stadium chant.
In Poland the name is rare. Picture a school register with one Spartak among the Jakubs and Szymons. It has no standard diminutive and no feminine form. The four syllables trace back to Sparta.
How many people are named Spartak
1 in 127821 men in Poland is named Spartak. 167 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2494 among male names.