Usman
Arabic in origin, with a meaning almost no other name carries: "baby bustard", a bird. Most Poles have never met one, and the few newborns are only now starting to arrive.
Usman Pronunciation
Usman is pronounced OOS-mahn (/ˈusman/).
What Usman means
Where Usman comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Usman traces to Arabic, where the older form Uthman names a young bustard. That is a large, ground-dwelling bird of dry grassland. The short meaning keeps to it exactly: baby bustard, or pisklę dropia. In the records here the origin sits under "other," because the name entered Polish lists through Arabic culture rather than Slavic roots.
The bird is no accident. Classical Arabic lexicographers tied Uthman to the chick of the bustard, and that reading held for a long time.
The best-known bearer is Uthman ibn Affan, the third caliph of Islam, who governed from 644 to 656. Across Urdu, Hausa and other languages the spelling settled as Usman, and it travels well. On a Polish lista obecności the name now sits between Szymon and Wiktor without any fuss. A child answers to it. Behind the sound stands a small bird of the open steppe, the young bustard.
How many people are named Usman
1 in 197650 men in Poland is named Usman. 108 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3283 among male names.
Usman's popularity over time
3 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1380 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Where Usman is most popular
Usman is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Masovian2 boys born+510%
Usman as a middle name
Usman is a first name for 108 men in Poland and a middle name for another 35, a 76/24 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1394th, between Soriano (35) and Vinod (35).
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#1392 Salem35
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#1393 Soriano35
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#1394 Usman35
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#1395 Vinod35
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#1396 Waclaw35