Rustam
The name carries the sense of "hero, champion". Only about 1,400 men in Poland answer to it, so most people here will never meet a Rustam, and the handful of newborns given it in recent years has already thinned back to none.
Rustam Pronunciation
Rustam is pronounced ROOS-tahm (/ˈrustam/).
What Rustam means
Where Rustam comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Rustam comes from outside the Slavic and Latin streams that shaped most Polish names. Its roots are Iranian, and the name arrives in Poland already meaning hero and champion. Its most famous bearer never lived. He is Rostam, the central warrior of the Shahnameh, the Persian Book of Kings that Ferdowsi finished around the year 1010.
In that epic Rostam performs his seven labours and later, without knowing it, kills his own son Sohrab in single combat. Persian keeps his name as Rostam, and readers from Iran through Central Asia have passed it down for a thousand years. The champion of the tale is also a grieving father.
A boy named Rustam on a Polish school register usually points to a family with ties toward Persia, the Caucasus, or Central Asia. The name asks for no translation to do its work. Its Polish gloss stays blunt: bohater, and gigant, the giant among men.
How many people are named Rustam
1 in 14793 men in Poland is named Rustam. 1,443 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #808 among male names.
Rustam's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Rustam is most popular
Rustam is most popular in Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 1876% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Rustam as a middle name
Rustam is a first name for 1,443 men in Poland and a middle name for another 3, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 6788th, between Rukshan (3) and Rustan (3).
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#6786 Rotimi3
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#6787 Rukshan3
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#6788 Rustam3
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#6789 Rustan3
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#6790 Ruud3