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.
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 Jędrzej is most popular
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 Poland243 boys born+123%
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Lubusz53 boys born+111%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian75 boys born+36%
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West Pomeranian58 boys born+36%
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Lower Silesian90 boys born+13%
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Łódź71 boys born+11%
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Warmian-Masurian39 boys born+7%
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Pomeranian68 boys born−9%
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Opole21 boys born−10%
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Masovian156 boys born−13%
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Lesser Poland83 boys born−28%
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Świętokrzyskie17 boys born−39%
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Silesian59 boys born−49%
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Lublin23 boys born−56%
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Subcarpathian26 boys born−57%
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Podlaskie11 boys born−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