Świerad
Only two men in Poland carry this name, and no boy has been given it this century. It's an old Slavic name meaning "glad to everyone".
Świerad Pronunciation
Świerad is pronounced SHFYE-raht (/ˈɕfjɛrat/).
What Świerad means
Where Świerad comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Świerad is an old Slavic name, built from two roots. The second, rad, means glad or willing, the same rad that survives in words for gladness across Slavic languages. The whole reads as glad to everyone, in Polish rad każdemu. That reading fits a two-part name of the kind early Slavs gave, joining a person to a good wish.
The name has a documented bearer. Andrzej Świerad was a Polish hermit who died between 1030 and 1034, and the Church keeps his feast on 13 July, alongside his pupil Benedykt. He was also called Żurawek. His fame reached the mountains of what is now Slovakia and Hungary, where pilgrims came to his cell.
Today the name is rare. A child called Świerad on a school register stands nearly alone with it. No standard diminutive attaches. The meaning stays plain: rad każdemu, glad to everyone.
How many people are named Świerad
1 in 10673094 men in Poland is named Świerad. 2 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #65882 among male names.
Świerad as a middle name
Świerad is a first name for 2 men in Poland and a middle name for another 15, a 12/88 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2470th, between Zoran (15) and Abayomi (14).
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#2468 Zlatan15
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#2469 Zoran15
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#2470 Świerad15
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#2471 Abayomi14
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#2472 Abdelkader14