Kakhaberi
A Georgian name meaning "monk from Kakheti", a region in the country's east. Only about 135 men in Poland carry it, and none has been given the name this century: most Poles will never meet one.
Kakhaberi Pronunciation
Kakhaberi is pronounced kahk-khah-BE-ree (/kakxaˈbɛri/).
What Kakhaberi means
Where Kakhaberi comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kakhaberi belongs to Georgia. The name reaches back to the Caucasus, where Kakheti spreads its vineyards and old monasteries across the east. Its recorded meaning is plain: monk from Kakheti.
Break the name open and two Georgian words appear. Kakha marks a person of Kakheti, and beri means monk, an elder of the cloister. Put the pieces back together and they read as a Kakhetian monk, which matches the meaning handed down word for word.
Georgian history knows the Kakhaberidze, a feudal house that held Racha as eristavis, the regional governors of the medieval kingdom. Their name grew from the same root. So Kakhaberi has moved among nobles and churchmen alike.
On a Polish class register the name would stand out at once beside the Kacpers and Bartoszes. A teacher might pause over it. The meaning stays fixed all the same: monk from Kakheti.
How many people are named Kakhaberi
1 in 158120 men in Poland is named Kakhaberi. 135 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2849 among male names.