Yefym
A Ukrainian name with a Hebrew root meaning "of good cheer". Fewer than 40 men in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one.
Yefym Pronunciation
Yefym is pronounced ih-E-fihm (/ɨˈɛfɨm/).
What Yefym means
Where Yefym comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Yefym comes to Poland from Ukraine, where it has long served as a man's name with a Hebrew origin. The meaning passed along with it is plain: "of good cheer." Polish speakers render that as "dobry duch," a good spirit.
The sense of cheerfulness sits close to the name. Whether the Hebrew root spelled it out from the start or the meaning attached later, a boy called Yefym wears a label of good humour. Yefym holds its shape. No Polish diminutive has grown up around it, and the form travels whole.
Picture a class register in a Polish school. Among the Kacpers and Szymons the teacher reads "Yefym," a name brought over from Ukraine. In Poland the form stays rare, kept close to its Ukrainian sound. Read it as given, four letters after the Y, with the meaning "dobry duch" following just behind.
How many people are named Yefym
1 in 561742 men in Poland is named Yefym. 38 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6409 among male names.