Anzelm
Barely 63 men in Poland carry it, and none were born last year: most Poles will go a lifetime without meeting one. The name is Germanic, built from words for helmet and protection, read as "guarded by God".
Anzelm Pronunciation
Anzelm is pronounced AHN-zelm (/ˈanzɛlm/).
What Anzelm means
Where Anzelm comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Anzelm comes from two Germanic roots: `ans`, meaning a god or deity, and `helm`, meaning helmet or protection. Put them together and you get the sense the name still holds. Divine helmet, protected by god. The Polish reading says it plainly: strzeżony przez bóstwa.
The name traveled well past its Germanic start. Its most famous bearer, Anselm of Canterbury, was born in Aosta around 1033 and became a philosopher and archbishop. His argument for the existence of God is still taught in logic courses today.
In Poland the name settled into the church calendar. Anzelm marks his imieniny on 21 April. A boy named Anzelm now is rare, and on a class register the name stands apart from the Kacpers and Szymons.
The meaning stays close to the roots. A helmet was armor, and `ans` was the divine. Anzelm means the god's own protection.
When Anzelm celebrates name day
Anzelm appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 21 April.
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 Anzelm
1 in 338828 men in Poland is named Anzelm. 63 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4595 among male names.
Anzelm as a middle name
Anzelm is a first name for 63 men in Poland and a middle name for another 105, a 38/62 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 695th, between Uwe (106) and Luiz (105).
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#693 Thanh106
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#694 Uwe106
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#695 Anzelm105
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#696 Luiz105
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#697 Mścisław105