Jędrzej
An older spelling of Andrzej, from the Greek for "manly, brave". It's given less each year now and stays uncommon, so meeting a Jędrzej sticks in the memory: exclusively a man's name, most of them born in the 2010s.
Jędrzej Pronunciation
Jędrzej is pronounced YEND-zhey (/ˈjɛ̃dʐɛj/).
What Jędrzej means
Where Jędrzej comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Jędrzej reaches back to the Greek Andreas, formed from andros, the word for "man." That root gave the Polish name its meaning, mężny and dzielny, manly and brave. For centuries Jędrzej was the ordinary spelling. Andrzej later took over in daily speech, yet the older form held on in parish books and village registers.
The name belongs to Saint Andrew the Apostle, patron of fishermen, whose feast falls on the thirtieth of November. That date fixes both the imieniny and Andrzejki, the old night of pouring wax to read a girl's future. A Jędrzej born today still keeps that name-day. Friends called him Jędrek.
Read a school register in Kraków and you will meet more than one Andrzej, and now and then the rarer Jędrzej, the same Greek "man" standing behind both.
When Jędrzej celebrates name day
Jędrzej appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 6 January.
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 Jędrzej
1 in 2077 men in Poland is named Jędrzej. 10,275 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #359 among male names.
Jędrzej's popularity over time
100 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #248 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Where parents choose Jędrzej
Jędrzej is most popular in Greater Poland, 123% above the national average (243 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lubusz (+111%) and Kuyavian-Pomeranian (+36%). It is least common in Podlaskie and Subcarpathian, 67% and 57% below average respectively.
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Greater Poland
+123%1 in 886 babies
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Lubusz
+111%1 in 937 babies
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian
+36%1 in 1,458 babies
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Podlaskie
−67%1 in 5,981 babies
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Subcarpathian
−57%1 in 4,637 babies
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Lublin
−56%1 in 4,464 babies
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Greater Poland+123% 243 born1 in 886 babies+123%
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Lubusz+111% 53 born1 in 937 babies+111%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian+36% 75 born1 in 1,458 babies+36%
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West Pomeranian+36% 58 born1 in 1,456 babies+36%
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Lower Silesian+13% 90 born1 in 1,746 babies+13%
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Łódź+11% 71 born1 in 1,785 babies+11%
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Warmian-Masurian+7% 39 born1 in 1,841 babies+7%
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Pomeranian−9% 68 born1 in 2,166 babies−9%
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Opole−10% 21 born1 in 2,195 babies−10%
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Masovian−13% 156 born1 in 2,271 babies−13%
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Lesser Poland−28% 83 born1 in 2,734 babies−28%
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Holy Cross−39% 17 born1 in 3,261 babies−39%
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Silesian−49% 59 born1 in 3,857 babies−49%
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Lublin−56% 23 born1 in 4,464 babies−56%
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Subcarpathian−57% 26 born1 in 4,637 babies−57%
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Podlaskie−67% 11 born1 in 5,981 babies−67%
Jędrzej as a middle name
Jędrzej is a first name for 10,275 men in Poland and a middle name for another 2,269, an 82/18 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 169th, between Martin (2,286) and Alfons (2,185).
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#167 Walerian2,291
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#168 Martin2,286
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#169 Jędrzej2,269
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#170 Alfons2,185
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#171 Adolf2,153