Ekspedyt
Just 17 men in Poland carry it, and no boys have been given it this century. It comes from Latin, where it meant "ready, prepared".
Ekspedyt Pronunciation
Ekspedyt is pronounced eks-PE-diht (/ɛksˈpɛdɨt/).
What Ekspedyt means
Where Ekspedyt comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name traces to the Latin `expeditus`, the word the Roman army gave a soldier stripped of his pack and ready to march. It grew from the verb `expedire`, to free the feet, to loosen something caught fast. That Latin sense sits close to the Polish reading of the name, `uwolniony, szybki`. Freed and quick.
Ready, prepared. That is the short meaning the name carries into English.
A real figure stands behind it. Saint Expeditus, Święty Ekspedyt in Polish, became the patron of urgent matters and causes that cannot wait, and his feast falls on 19 April. The cult grew in medieval Turin, and the English word "expedite" comes from the same Latin root, so the sense of speed was never far from the name.
In Poland the form stays plain, with no diminutive and no variant beside it, just Ekspedyt and the `expeditus` behind it, unencumbered and ready to move.
When Ekspedyt celebrates name day
Ekspedyt appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 19 April.
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 Ekspedyt
1 in 1255658 men in Poland is named Ekspedyt. 17 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #11001 among male names.
Ekspedyt as a middle name
Ekspedyt is a first name for 17 men in Poland and a middle name for another 81, a 17/83 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 792nd, between Dov (81) and Jacobus (81).
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#790 Ben81
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#791 Dov81
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#792 Ekspedyt81
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#793 Jacobus81
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#794 Niko81