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Brajan

A Polish spelling of Brian, from a Germanic root meaning "noble, high-born". It caught on in the 2000s and has slipped every year since, still a boys-only name and uncommon enough that meeting one sticks.

Brajan Pronunciation

Brajan is pronounced BRAH-yahn (/ˈbrajan/).

Alive in 2025
6,116
Newborns 2025
45
National rank
#448
Also celebrates
10 December
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What Brajan means

Where Brajan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Brajan traces back to a Germanic root that means noble and high born. The name arrived in Poland through English, where it takes the form Brian, and Polish families set it down as it sounds to them. The Polish ear did the spelling.

The meaning has stayed close to that old sense of rank. Someone called Brajan carries a word that once marked a person as elevated, set above the ordinary. The name became a familiar entry in Polish birth records from the 1990s on. In a school register it looks modern, almost imported, yet the Germanic sense of high standing sits underneath.

Noble, high born. That is what the name has meant, and Brajan keeps that meaning in a Polish spelling of Brian.

When Brajan celebrates name day

Brajan appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 10 December.

Next name day
10 December
Thursday in 2026
Next one in 91 days
Also celebrates

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 Brajan

1 in 3490 men in Poland is named Brajan. 6,116 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #448 among male names.

People with the name Brajan 2019 → 2025
6,116 +657 since 2019
2020 5,541 +82
2021 5,704 +163
2022 5,837 +133
2023 5,950 +113
2024 6,051 +101
2025 6,116 +65

Brajan's popularity over time

45 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #367 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000.

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45 newborns with the name Brajan in 2025
national rank #367 that year

Where Brajan is most popular

Brajan is most popular in Lubusz, 76% above the national average (32 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Kuyavian-Pomeranian (+75%) and Warmian-Masurian (+60%). It is least common in Podlaskie and Lesser Poland, 75% and 52% below average respectively.

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Brajan as a middle name

Brajan is a first name for 6,116 men in Poland and a middle name for another 703, a 90/10 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 270th, between Charles (709) and Jonasz (698).

As a first name
6,116
As a middle name
703
first name 90% middle name 10%
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