Kleofas
Fewer than 20 Polish men carry it, and no boys have been given it in years: most Poles will never meet a Kleofas. From Greek, it reads as "glory of the father".
Kleofas Pronunciation
Kleofas is pronounced kle-O-fahs (/klɛˈɔfas/).
What Kleofas means
Where Kleofas comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kleofas comes from Greek. It joins two old words, kleos, "glory," and pater, "father." Put together they give the sense recorded here: glory of the father. The Greek form is Kleopas, and it reached Polish through the church calendar.
The best documented bearer stands in the Gospel of Luke. Cleopas is one of two travellers who meet the risen Christ on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:18). His name held its place in the liturgy, and Kleofas later appears in Polish records as a saint's name and then as a given one.
It is not a common choice today. A teacher reading the register in a September class may pause before it. The imieniny fall on 25 September, so the name still has its day.
What the name says is plain. A son is the glory of his father. Kleofas keeps that meaning from kleos and pater, the same roots behind Cleopas on the Emmaus road.
When Kleofas celebrates name day
Kleofas appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 25 September.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
How many people are named Kleofas
1 in 1255658 men in Poland is named Kleofas. 17 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #11107 among male names.
Kleofas as a middle name
Kleofas is a first name for 17 men in Poland and a middle name for another 49, a 26/74 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1080th, between Jake (49) and Lloyd (49).
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#1078 Hakan49
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#1079 Jake49
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#1080 Kleofas49
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#1081 Lloyd49
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#1082 Matías49