Tyberiusz
From the Latin Tiberius, "of the Tiber river". Fewer than 400 Poles carry it, always men, and it's slipping further out of use: most people here will never meet one.
Tyberiusz Pronunciation
Tyberiusz is pronounced tih-BER-yoosh (/tɨˈbɛrjuʂ/).
What Tyberiusz means
Where Tyberiusz comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Tyberiusz reaches back to the Latin Tiberius, a Roman name built on the Tiber, the river that runs through Rome. Its plain meaning is "of the Tiber," or in Polish pochodzący znad Tybru. Before it settled on any child, Tiberius marked a person as belonging to that water and the city it fed.
The best-known bearer was the emperor Tiberius, stepson of Augustus, who ruled Rome from 14 to 37 AD. Roman historians remembered him as a grim figure who withdrew to the island of Capri in his final years. Through him the name entered the chronicles, and much later reached Polish as Tyberiusz. Polish added its own -usz ending, the same one it gives to Juliusz and Klaudiusz.
Today the name is rare in Poland. A boy called Tyberiusz stands out on a school register, his name longer than the Kacpers and Jakubs around him. The origin stays legible. Whoever carries it holds a small piece of Roman geography, the Tiber running under a Latin word that means, simply, of the river.
When Tyberiusz celebrates name day
Tyberiusz appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 24 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 Tyberiusz
1 in 58323 men in Poland is named Tyberiusz. 366 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1566 among male names.
Tyberiusz's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Tyberiusz is most popular
Tyberiusz is most popular in Lower Silesian, 429% above the national average (5 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Łódź (+162%) and Pomeranian (+126%). It is least common in Masovian, 6% below average.
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Lower Silesian5 boys born+429%
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Łódź2 boys born+162%
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Pomeranian2 boys born+126%
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Greater Poland2 boys born+54%
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Masovian2 boys born−6%
Tyberiusz as a middle name
Tyberiusz is a first name for 366 men in Poland and a middle name for another 224, a 62/38 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 466th, between Jurek (226) and Ahmad (223).
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#464 Philippe227
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#465 Jurek226
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#466 Tyberiusz224
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#467 Ahmad223
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#468 Dario219