Andranik
Its root means "first-born". Only 163 men in Poland carry it, so most Poles will go a lifetime without meeting one.
Andranik Pronunciation
Andranik is pronounced ahnd-RAH-nyeek (/andˈraɲik/).
What Andranik means
Where Andranik comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Andranik comes from Armenian, where it means first-born. The word marks the eldest child, the one who arrives before any siblings. Its origin sits outside the Latin and Slavic families that shaped most Polish names, which gives it an unfamiliar sound on a Warsaw class register.
The most famous bearer is Andranik Ozanian, an Armenian military commander born in 1865 and remembered as a national hero. His single name became a title. Generations of Armenian boys were called after him, so the meaning first-born picked up a second sense, that of someone who goes ahead of the rest.
In Poland the name stays rare. A teacher reading it aloud in a September register may pause before the stress. Andranik still holds its plain Armenian sense: the first-born.
How many people are named Andranik
1 in 130958 men in Poland is named Andranik. 163 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2526 among male names.
Andranik as a middle name
Andranik is a first name for 163 men in Poland and a middle name for another 8, a 95/5 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 3476th, between Anatole (8) and Anotida (8).
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#3474 Anant8
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#3475 Anatole8
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#3476 Andranik8
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#3477 Anotida8
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#3478 Anthonie8