Platon
From the Greek for "broad-shouldered". It stays a rarity in Poland: barely more than a thousand men carry it, and it goes only to boys, so meeting one is something you remember.
Platon Pronunciation
Platon is pronounced PLAH-ton (/ˈplatɔn/).
What Platon means
Where Platon comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Platon comes from the Greek platýs, meaning broad. The short sense keeps that shape: broad, broad-shouldered. Ancient biographers ran with it. One old story says the young thinker we now call Plato was renamed by his wrestling coach for his wide build, and Diogenes Laertius passed the tale along, unsure whether the point was his shoulders or his speech.
The name took root in Russia and Ukraine, carried by the church calendar and the saints who bore it. In Poland it stayed rare, a borrowing rather than a local growth.
On a Polish class register Platon stands out among the Jakubs and the Piotrs. Two blunt syllables, read once and remembered. There are no diminutives to soften it and no feminine twin to pair it with, so the name arrives whole. The Greek behind it never travels far: platýs, broad-shouldered.
When Platon celebrates name day
Platon appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 4 April.
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 Platon
1 in 17022 men in Poland is named Platon. 1,257 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #865 among male names.
Platon's popularity over time
14 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #621 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2016.
Where Platon is most popular
Platon is most popular in Lower Silesian, 127% above the national average (15 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+101%) and Lubusz (+91%). It is least common in Silesian and Lublin, 37% and 31% below average respectively.
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Lower Silesian15 boys born+127%
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Masovian30 boys born+101%
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Lubusz4 boys born+91%
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Łódź8 boys born+50%
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Pomeranian9 boys born+45%
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West Pomeranian5 boys born+41%
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Greater Poland11 boys born+21%
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Lublin3 boys born−31%
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Silesian6 boys born−37%
Platon as a middle name
Platon is a first name for 1,257 men in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4951st, between Piers (5) and Prabath (5).
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#4949 Phú5
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#4950 Piers5
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#4951 Platon5
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#4952 Prabath5
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#4953 Promise5