Vijay
The name carries the sense of "victory". In Poland it stays rare: only about 130 people use it, nearly all of them men, and most Poles have never met one.
Vijay Pronunciation
What Vijay means
Where Vijay comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Vijay comes from the Sanskrit vijaya, meaning victory. The word named triumph in battle and triumph in debate. The name keeps one form, without the Polish diminutives some ears expect.
In the Mahabharata, Vijaya is one of the ten names of the hero Arjuna. Later the Vijayanagara empire carried the same root in its name, the city of victory in southern India. In modern south India, the Tamil actor Vijay grew into one of the biggest stars of that cinema. Men named Vijay have worn it across languages, from Hindi to Tamil.
In a Polish class register, Vijay lands among the Kacpers and Antonis, a short name read easily at the urząd. A teacher reads it once. The meaning stays plain: victory.
How many people are named Vijay
1 in 161714 men in Poland is named Vijay. 134 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2867 among male names.
Vijay as a middle name
Vijay is a first name for 134 men in Poland and a middle name for another 55, a 71/29 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1016th, between Thierry (55) and Barry (54).
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#1014 Ted55
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#1015 Thierry55
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#1016 Vijay55
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#1017 Barry54
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#1018 Eberhard54