Goderdzi
The name carries the sense of "god's gift". In Poland it stays on the far edge of rare: around 140 men hold it, all male, and most Poles have never met one.
Goderdzi Pronunciation
Goderdzi is pronounced go-DER-jee (/gɔˈdɛrd͡ʑi/).
What Goderdzi means
Where Goderdzi comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Goderdzi comes from Georgia. In the mountain villages of that country the name has meant one thing for generations: god's gift. Georgian keeps a set of names close to faith, and Goderdzi belongs there, given to a boy as a mark of divine favour.
Two Georgians carry the name into public memory. Goderdzi Chokheli, the writer and film director, drew his stories from the highland valley of Gudamaqari and died in 2007. The monk Gabriel Urgebadze, canonised by the Georgian Orthodox Church, was born Goderdzi in 1929.
The name also sits on the map. Goderdzi Pass crosses the mountains of Adjara in south-western Georgia, high above the tree line. For a Polish family the spelling asks for attention, and a teacher reading a class register may pause once before Goderdzi. The meaning behind it does not change: god's gift.
How many people are named Goderdzi
1 in 148237 men in Poland is named Goderdzi. 144 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2715 among male names.