Wenecjusz
One of the rarest names on this list: only 21 men in all of Poland carry it, and no boys have been given it in years. It comes from Latin, with the sense of "hunter".
Wenecjusz Pronunciation
Wenecjusz is pronounced ve-NETS-yoosh (/vɛˈnɛt͡sjuʂ/).
What Wenecjusz means
Where Wenecjusz comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Wenecjusz comes from Latin. Behind it stands the verb venari, to hunt, and the Roman name Venantius, meaning one who hunts. In Polish the short meaning stays close to that root: myśliwy, polujący, a hunter.
The hunt here is old and literal. Venari described tracking game across Roman country, and the name grew from someone tied to that work. Wenecjusz keeps the hunt in its stem.
Latin also handed the name to the calendar. A saint named Venantius is honoured in the Church, and Polish name-day lists record his feast in spring. Picture the class register on the first day of school, a teacher reading Wenecjusz once and pausing. The name is rare. It points back to one plain thing, the hunter.
How many people are named Wenecjusz
1 in 1016485 men in Poland is named Wenecjusz. 21 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #9779 among male names.
Wenecjusz as a middle name
Wenecjusz is a first name for 21 men in Poland and a middle name for another 21, a 50/50 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1954th, between Volkan (21) and Xuan (21).
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#1952 Vladyslav21
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#1953 Volkan21
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#1954 Wenecjusz21
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#1955 Xuan21
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#1956 Yaacov21