Gniewko
A Slavic name meaning "calms anger", built on the same root as Gniewomir. Barely registered before the 2010s, it now goes to around 40 boys a year, still rare enough that most Poles have never met one.
Gniewko Pronunciation
Gniewko is pronounced GNYEF-ko (/ˈgɲɛfkɔ/).
What Gniewko means
Where Gniewko comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Gniewko grows from Slavic ground, from the word "gniew," which means anger or wrath. The root is old. It sits behind the fuller name Gniewomir, where it meets "mir," peace, and turns toward the meaning "calms anger." Gniewko is the smaller, warmer cut of that same word.
The calming sense reaches Gniewko through Gniewomir. On its own, the root names only the storm. Read beside its longer relative, the diminutive borrows the resolution too, so the boy who carries it holds both anger and the settling of it.
Picture a class register at a Polish school, "Gniewko" inked between a Jakub and a Marcin. The teacher reads it, and the old root speaks up. Few names begin in wrath and end in peace, yet this one does, and it keeps the Polish gloss uśmierzający gniew.
How many people are named Gniewko
1 in 34994 men in Poland is named Gniewko. 610 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1212 among male names.
Gniewko's popularity over time
42 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #380 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2010.
Where parents choose Gniewko
Gniewko is most popular in West Pomeranian, 98% above the national average (23 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Greater Poland (+96%) and Pomeranian (+78%). It is least common in Holy Cross and Lublin, 74% and 72% below average respectively.
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West Pomeranian
+98%1 in 3,671 babies
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Greater Poland
+96%1 in 3,711 babies
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Pomeranian
+78%1 in 4,092 babies
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Holy Cross
−74%1 in 27,717 babies
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Lublin
−72%1 in 25,669 babies
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Opole
−68%1 in 23,048 babies
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West Pomeranian+98% 23 born1 in 3,671 babies+98%
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Greater Poland+96% 58 born1 in 3,711 babies+96%
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Pomeranian+78% 36 born1 in 4,092 babies+78%
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Lower Silesian+20% 26 born1 in 6,044 babies+20%
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Łódź+3% 18 born1 in 7,040 babies+3%
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Warmian-Masurian+1% 10 born1 in 7,179 babies+1%
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Lubusz−12% 6 born1 in 8,276 babies−12%
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Masovian−18% 40 born1 in 8,857 babies−18%
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Lesser Poland−20% 25 born1 in 9,077 babies−20%
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Podlaskie−23% 7 born1 in 9,398 babies−23%
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Silesian−26% 23 born1 in 9,895 babies−26%
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Subcarpathian−40% 10 born1 in 12,057 babies−40%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−53% 7 born1 in 15,626 babies−53%
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Opole−68% 2 born1 in 23,048 babies−68%
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Lublin−72% 4 born1 in 25,669 babies−72%
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Holy Cross−74% 2 born1 in 27,717 babies−74%
Gniewko as a middle name
Gniewko is a first name for 610 men in Poland and a middle name for another 312, a 66/34 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 395th, between Zbyszko (315) and Medard (312).
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#393 Joshua315
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#394 Zbyszko315
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#395 Gniewko312
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#396 Medard312
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#397 Winicjusz312