Gniewomir
An old Slavic name that fuses two opposites: gniew "anger" and mir "peace". Rare enough that most Poles have never met one, but it's climbing again, with more boys given it last year than in most years past.
Gniewomir Pronunciation
Gniewomir is pronounced gnye-VO-meer (/gɲɛˈvɔmir/).
What Gniewomir means
Where Gniewomir comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Gniewomir comes from two old Slavic roots. The first is gniew, meaning anger or wrath. The second is mir, an ancient word that meant both peace and the ordered world. Put together they give the short meaning still printed on Polish name pages: anger and peace, gniew i pokój.
That pairing looks like a contradiction, yet Slavic compound names often held two forces at once, naming a wish for someone who could master his own temper. A Gniewomir was meant to command anger and then set it down.
The name shortens easily. Gniewko is the diminutive, softer and quicker, the form a teacher might read from a school register before the full Gniewomir appears on an official form at the urząd. Few children carry it now, which makes the ones who do stand out at once.
Its meaning was never gentle. Gniew is a hard word, and the name keeps it, balanced against mir, peace.
When Gniewomir celebrates name day
Gniewomir appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 8 February.
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 Gniewomir
1 in 24792 men in Poland is named Gniewomir. 861 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1022 among male names.
Gniewomir's popularity over time
58 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #326 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2007.
Where parents choose Gniewomir
Gniewomir is most popular in West Pomeranian, 53% above the national average (20 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+40%) and Masovian (+30%). It is least common in Subcarpathian and Lublin, 62% and 50% below average respectively.
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West Pomeranian
+53%1 in 4,221 babies
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Lower Silesian
+40%1 in 4,622 babies
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Masovian
+30%1 in 4,990 babies
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Subcarpathian
−62%1 in 17,224 babies
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Lublin
−50%1 in 12,834 babies
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Holy Cross
−42%1 in 11,087 babies
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West Pomeranian+53% 20 born1 in 4,221 babies+53%
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Lower Silesian+40% 34 born1 in 4,622 babies+40%
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Masovian+30% 71 born1 in 4,990 babies+30%
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Warmian-Masurian+26% 14 born1 in 5,128 babies+26%
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Greater Poland+23% 41 born1 in 5,250 babies+23%
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Opole+12% 8 born1 in 5,762 babies+12%
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Pomeranian+5% 24 born1 in 6,138 babies+5%
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Łódź−8% 18 born1 in 7,040 babies−8%
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Silesian−9% 32 born1 in 7,112 babies−9%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−23% 13 born1 in 8,414 babies−23%
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Lesser Poland−23% 27 born1 in 8,404 babies−23%
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Podlaskie−31% 7 born1 in 9,398 babies−31%
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Lubusz−35% 5 born1 in 9,931 babies−35%
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Holy Cross−42% 5 born1 in 11,087 babies−42%
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Lublin−50% 8 born1 in 12,834 babies−50%
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Subcarpathian−62% 7 born1 in 17,224 babies−62%
Gniewomir as a middle name
Gniewomir is a first name for 861 men in Poland and a middle name for another 280, a 75/25 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 420th, between Krystyn (282) and Roberto (280).
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#418 Joel283
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#419 Krystyn282
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#420 Gniewomir280
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#421 Roberto280
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#422 Esteban279