Ursyn
Only 14 men in Poland carry Ursyn, and none have been born this century: most Poles will never meet one. It comes from Latin for "bear", so the name means exactly that.
Ursyn Pronunciation
Ursyn is pronounced OOR-sihn (/ˈursɨn/).
What Ursyn means
Where Ursyn comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ursyn comes from Latin. Behind it stand ursus, the word for bear, and ursinus, meaning bear-like. A Roman called Ursinus was marked as belonging to the bear, and Polish kept that plain reading.
The name found a lasting home in one man. Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, born in 1758, wrote plays and kept a diary of the Polish sejm. His middle name outlived much of his fame. A whole Warsaw district, Ursynów, took its label from his estate, and the metro stop there still carries the word.
So Ursyn is rare and specific. On a class register it sits alone, unlikely to be shared by a second boy. The bear it names is not dressed up. Its meaning stays blunt: ursus, the bear, niedźwiedź.
When Ursyn celebrates name day
Ursyn appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 9 November.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
How many people are named Ursyn
1 in 1524728 men in Poland is named Ursyn. 14 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #13055 among male names.
Ursyn as a middle name
Ursyn is a first name for 14 men in Poland and a middle name for another 74, a 16/84 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 841st, between Teo (74) and Adalbert (73).
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#839 Ross74
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#840 Teo74
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#841 Ursyn74
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#842 Adalbert73
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#843 Evan73