Vikram
The name carries the sense of valour and prowess. Just 56 men in Poland go by it, few enough that most Poles have never met a single one.
Vikram Pronunciation
What Vikram means
Where Vikram comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Vikram comes from Sanskrit vikrama, a word for valour and prowess. The root also names a stride, the wide step of someone who advances without fear. Indian tradition gave the name to Vikramaditya, a legendary king whose court supposedly held nine great scholars.
The meaning stayed close to the name. Vikram Sarabhai founded India's space program. When India landed near the Moon's south pole in 2023, the craft was called Vikram in his honour. Valour, then, of the working kind, applied to problems rather than battles.
In Poland the name is rare. A teacher reading a class register might pause once at Vikram before the Polish names resume. The spelling gives no trouble, and it states its meaning plainly: odwaga, waleczność.
How many people are named Vikram
1 in 381182 men in Poland is named Vikram. 56 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4986 among male names.
Vikram as a middle name
Vikram is a first name for 56 men in Poland and a middle name for another 18, a 76/24 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1747th, between Tadea (18) and Yohana (18).
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#1745 Sylwiana18
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#1746 Tadea18
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#1747 Vikram18
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#1748 Yohana18
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#1749 Zoi18