Nazarij
A Hebrew name meaning "from Nazareth", carried in Poland mostly within Ukrainian families. It stays rare here: only about 65 men hold it, and new ones are given more rarely each year, all of them boys.
Nazarij Pronunciation
Nazarij is pronounced nah-ZAH-reey (/naˈzarij/).
What Nazarij means
Where Nazarij comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Nazarij begins in Hebrew, in the name of a town. The short meaning is plain: from Nazareth. The same root gave Latin Nazarius, borne by an early martyr venerated at Milan, whose feast falls on 28 July. From that saint the name moved east, and Ukrainian speakers made it their own.
In Poland the name arrives with a small family around it. Nazariusz and Nazary stand as the fuller variants. Nazar serves as the everyday diminutive. On a class register a teacher reads out Nazarij, and by the second week the boy answers to Nazar.
The Ukrainian coloring runs deep here. Ukraine gave the name Nazariy Yaremchuk, the singer of Bukovyna who died in 1995 and was named a Hero of Ukraine long after. A child called Nazarij in Poland often signs an official form one way and answers to another. The origin stays fixed under all of it: a name meaning from Nazareth.
How many people are named Nazarij
1 in 328403 men in Poland is named Nazarij. 65 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4537 among male names.
Nazarij's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Where Nazarij is most popular
Nazarij is most popular in West Pomeranian, 2460% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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