Kostas
A Greek name that means "constant, steadfast". In Poland it barely registers: only about 130 men carry it, and most Poles have never met one.
Kostas Pronunciation
Kostas is pronounced KOS-tahs (/ˈkɔstas/).
What Kostas means
Where Kostas comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kostas begins in Greek, the everyday short form of Konstantinos. Greek families have long clipped the long baptismal name down to this friendlier version. Under Konstantinos sits the Latin constans, the root behind constant and steadfast. That is the meaning a child named Kostas inherits, constant and steadfast.
To be steadfast is a claim about character rather than circumstance. The name does not describe a mood. It points at someone who stays, someone who holds a line once chosen.
On a Polish class register, Kostas stands slightly apart, a Greek short form among the Kacpers and Krzysztofs. It travels easily, needs no translation, and keeps its Latin root in plain view. The short form loses none of the meaning of the full one. Say Kostas and you have said constant.
How many people are named Kostas
1 in 161714 men in Poland is named Kostas. 132 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2892 among male names.
Kostas as a middle name
Kostas is a first name for 132 men in Poland and a middle name for another 33, an 80/20 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1446th, between Kishor (33) and Kryspian (33).
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#1444 Josue33
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#1445 Kishor33
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#1446 Kostas33
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#1447 Kryspian33
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#1448 Lorenz33