Kordian
Latin at root, the name carries the sense of "heart". It sits just inside Poland's top 500, still rare enough that most Poles have never met one, and given only to boys.
Kordian Pronunciation
Kordian is pronounced KORD-yahn (/ˈkɔrdjan/).
What Kordian means
Where Kordian comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kordian comes from Latin, from cor, cordis, the word for heart. Polish keeps that meaning plainly: serce. The name has no long medieval pedigree here. It arrived through literature.
Juliusz Słowacki gave it to the hero of his 1834 drama Kordian, and the play fixed the name in Polish culture. His Kordian is a young man tested by doubt, love, and a rebellion that fails. From that character the name drew its charge, and it stayed bound to the Latin root for the heart.
A boy called Kordian now shares the class register with a Jakub or a Szymon. He wears an uncommon name with a clear source. Behind it sits the Latin cor, and its short meaning in Polish, serce.
How many people are named Kordian
1 in 4340 men in Poland is named Kordian. 4,918 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #492 among male names.
Kordian's popularity over time
145 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #216 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2005.
Where Kordian is most popular
Kordian is most popular in Łódź, 51% above the national average (111 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Warmian-Masurian (+44%) and Lubusz (+36%). It is least common in Podlaskie and Masovian, 47% and 40% below average respectively.
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Łódź111 boys born+51%
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Warmian-Masurian60 boys born+44%
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Lubusz39 boys born+36%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian85 boys born+34%
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Pomeranian105 boys born+23%
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West Pomeranian60 boys born+23%
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Lower Silesian106 boys born+17%
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Świętokrzyskie36 boys born+12%
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Subcarpathian77 boys born+10%
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Lublin60 boys born+1%
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Silesian127 boys born−4%
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Greater Poland116 boys born−7%
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Opole22 boys born−17%
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Lesser Poland104 boys born−21%
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Masovian122 boys born−40%
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Podlaskie20 boys born−47%
Kordian as a middle name
Kordian is a first name for 4,918 men in Poland and a middle name for another 1,111, an 82/18 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 221st, between Jose (1,116) and Dionizy (1,107).
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219
1,155Longin
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220
1,116Jose
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2211,111Kordian
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222
1,107Dionizy
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223
1,105Oktawian
When Kordian celebrates name day
Kordian appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar. The main date is 22 October.