Bikram
A Polish form of Vikram, carrying the sense of valour and bravery. Just 84 men in Poland use it, and none have been born in recent years, so most Poles have never met one.
Bikram Pronunciation
Bikram is pronounced BEEK-rahm (/ˈbikram/).
What Bikram means
Where Bikram comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Bikram traces to the Sanskrit word "vikrama," which names valour and the forward stride of someone who steps toward danger. The Polish gloss keeps that sense: odwaga, waleczność. The name traveled through northern India and Nepal, where it settled as Bikram in everyday speech. Its origin is filed simply as other, outside the Latin and Slavic roots that fill most Polish registers.
The word gained public weight through Vikramaditya, a legendary king of Ujjain whose name became a byword for a just and brave ruler. Nepal still counts its years by the Bikram Sambat calendar, which places the current year past 2080. A boy called Bikram carries a word that a whole calendar bears.
On a Polish class register, Bikram would sit a row apart from the Jakubs and Piotrs. It has no name-day in the Polish calendar. It has no diminutive worn smooth by use.
The meaning stays close to the surface. Bikram means bravery.
How many people are named Bikram
1 in 254121 men in Poland is named Bikram. 84 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3858 among male names.
Bikram as a middle name
Bikram is a first name for 84 men in Poland and a middle name for another 21, an 80/20 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1913th, between Benny (21) and Brendon (21).
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#1911 Bagus21
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#1912 Benny21
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#1913 Bikram21
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#1914 Brendon21
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#1915 Carmelo21