Tengiz
The name means "sea". In Poland only a few hundred men carry it, about 340, and it goes to no newborns now, so most Poles will never meet a Tengiz.
Tengiz Pronunciation
Tengiz is pronounced TEN-gees (/ˈtɛngis/).
What Tengiz means
Where Tengiz comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Tengiz means sea, and the sea in it comes from the Turkic word teŋiz. The same root survives in Kazakh teñiz, still the everyday word for a sea or a great lake. In Georgia the name settled as a man's given name, carried plainly by fathers and sons. The short meaning stays close to the origin here. Where many names drift from their roots, this one keeps its water.
One bearer makes the name easy to check. Tengiz Abuladze directed Georgian films for decades, including Repentance from 1984, a picture that reached far past Georgia. His first name traveled with the work.
In Poland the name is rare. A boy called Tengiz would likely be the only one on his school register, the name read out once and then remembered. There is no Polish name-day for it, no diminutive worn smooth by use. What it offers instead is the plain fact of its meaning. Tengiz is the sea.
How many people are named Tengiz
1 in 62416 men in Poland is named Tengiz. 342 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1628 among male names.