Ulukbek
The name means "great ruler". Just 22 men in Poland carry it, and no boys have been given it this century, so most Poles will never meet one. Say it oo-LOOG-bek.
Ulukbek Pronunciation
Ulukbek is pronounced oo-LOOG-bek (/uˈlugbɛk/).
What Ulukbek means
Where Ulukbek comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ulukbek comes from two Turkic words. Ulugh means great, and beg is an old title for a lord or ruler. Set side by side, they give the meaning a Polish parent will read here: wielki władca, great ruler. The origin is Turkic, not Slavic.
History gives the name a face. Ulugh Beg, who lived from 1394 to 1449, ruled Samarkand and was a grandson of Tamerlane. He built an observatory and compiled a star catalogue of more than a thousand stars, a work astronomers still consult today. Ulukbek is the Kyrgyz spelling of that same name.
On a Polish class register the name would stand out among the Kacpers and Jakubs. Its second half, beg, once belonged to men who governed cities. Now it belongs to a boy. The word great, ulugh, sits in front of the ruler, and the two together spell wielki władca.
How many people are named Ulukbek
1 in 970281 men in Poland is named Ulukbek. 22 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #9478 among male names.