Liwiusz
Most Poles have never met a Liwiusz: fewer than 130 men carry it, and it goes only to boys. The name traces to the Latin Livius, linked to a word for bluish or envious.
Liwiusz Pronunciation
Liwiusz is pronounced LEEV-yoosh (/ˈlivjuʂ/).
What Liwiusz means
Where Liwiusz comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Liwiusz comes from Latin. It goes back to the Roman family name Livius, and behind that sits the adjective lividus, bluish, the color of a bruise. The same root held a second sense in Latin, the pale look of envy. The short meaning kept for Liwiusz records both, envious and bluish.
The best known bearer was Titus Livius, the historian the English call Livy. He spent decades on a history of Rome that ran to more than a hundred books, most of them now lost.
The name did not reach Poland alone. Its feminine form, Liwia, turns up far more often on a school register today, while Liwiusz stays rare. Name a boy Liwiusz at the urząd, and the clerk meets a form pulled straight from Roman Livius.
When Liwiusz celebrates name day
Liwiusz appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 23 September.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Liwiusz
1 in 168080 men in Poland is named Liwiusz. 127 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2962 among male names.
Liwiusz's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Liwiusz is most popular
Liwiusz is most popular in Lesser Poland, 852% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Lesser Poland2 boys born+852%
Liwiusz as a middle name
Liwiusz is a first name for 127 men in Poland and a middle name for another 56, a 69/31 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 999th, between Joaquin (56) and Mamert (56).
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#997 Günther56
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#998 Joaquin56
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#999 Liwiusz56
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#1000 Mamert56
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#1001 Mathieu56