Kumar
Fewer than 130 people in Poland carry it, all of them men: most Poles have never met a Kumar. The name means "boy" or "prince".
Kumar Pronunciation
Kumar is pronounced KOO-mahr (/ˈkumar/).
What Kumar means
Where Kumar comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kumar comes from Sanskrit, where kumāra meant boy, youth, and prince all at once. The word named a king's young son and also a god. Kumara is one name of Kartikeya, the warrior son of Shiva, sometimes called Skanda. The sense of prince sat close to the sense of child from the start.
The short meaning stays simple: boy, prince. In Polish that reads chłopiec, książę.
Across India the name traveled far as a surname and a second name. Rajkumar joins raja, king, to kumar, and means prince directly.
On a Polish class register the name looks unusual. A teacher might pause at Kumar before reading it aloud. The origin explains the pause. It is a Sanskrit word for a young boy who could grow into a prince.
How many people are named Kumar
1 in 166767 men in Poland is named Kumar. 128 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2943 among male names.
Kumar as a middle name
Kumar is a first name for 128 men in Poland and a middle name for another 2,318, a 5/95 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 166th, between Joseph (2,419) and Walerian (2,291).
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#164 Kornel2,469
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#165 Joseph2,419
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#166 Kumar2,318
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#167 Walerian2,291
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#168 Martin2,286