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Sardor

The name means leader or commander. In Poland it stays rare: only about 136 men carry it, so most Poles have never met one.

Sardor Pronunciation

Sardor is pronounced SAHR-dor (/ˈsardɔr/).

Alive in 2025
136
National rank
#2839

What Sardor means

Where Sardor comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Sardor comes from the Persian sardar, a title for a leader or commander. Pull the word apart and two pieces show: sar, meaning head or authority, and the suffix -dar, meaning one who holds. Read straight, it names the person who holds the top place.

In Persian courts and armies the word marked real rank. Princes, nobles, and officers wore it. Over time it moved east and settled into Uzbek, where Sardor became a common given name for boys rather than a rank on a muster roll.

On a Polish class register the name sits among the Jakubs and Kacpers, a short word from far away. Its sense never drifted. Sardor still means leader, commander.

How many people are named Sardor

1 in 156957 men in Poland is named Sardor. 136 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2839 among male names.

People with the name Sardor 2019 → 2025
136 +120 since 2019
2020 22 +6
2021 25 +3
2022 39 +14
2023 71 +32
2024 108 +37
2025 136 +28

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