Apoloniusz
From the Greek for "belonging to Apollo". Fewer than 300 men in Poland carry it, so most people never meet one, though a small run of newborns has kept appearing through the 2020s.
Apoloniusz Pronunciation
Apoloniusz is pronounced ah-po-LO-nyoosh (/apɔˈlɔɲuʂ/).
What Apoloniusz means
Where Apoloniusz comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Apoloniusz reaches back to the Greek Apollonios, a name built on Apollo, the god of light and prophecy. The meaning is plain. To carry it was to be marked as belonging to Apollo, since names formed from a god's name were common across the Greek world.
The Greeks handed down several real men who bore it. Apollonius of Rhodes wrote the Argonautica, the epic of Jason and the golden fleece. Apollonius of Perga mapped the conic sections that geometry students still learn. The name traveled with scholars and saints into Latin, and from Latin into Polish.
In Poland the feminine Apolonia became the common form, and the masculine Apoloniusz stayed rarer. A boy who carries it will often be the only one on the school register. He gets his imieniny like any other name, a small annual claim on the calendar. Underneath sits the old root, Apollo, and the sense of belonging to him.
When Apoloniusz celebrates name day
Apoloniusz appears 4 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 8 March.
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 Apoloniusz
1 in 83059 men in Poland is named Apoloniusz. 257 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1915 among male names.
Apoloniusz's popularity over time
3 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1188 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Where Apoloniusz is most popular
Apoloniusz is most popular in Greater Poland, 904% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Greater Poland2 boys born+904%
Apoloniusz as a middle name
Apoloniusz is a first name for 257 men in Poland and a middle name for another 383, a 40/60 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 361st, between André (383) and Nikolas (382).
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#359 January384
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#360 André383
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#361 Apoloniusz383
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#362 Nikolas382
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#363 Pablo381