Zurabi
Carries the sense "illustrious, shining." Fewer than 450 men in Poland hold it and no boys were given it last year, so most Poles have gone a lifetime without meeting one.
Zurabi Pronunciation
Zurabi is pronounced zoo-RAH-bee (/zuˈrabi/).
What Zurabi means
Where Zurabi comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zurabi arrives with a Slavic origin and no fixed folk tale attached to it. The short meaning splits along language lines. In English it reads as illustrious and shining. In Polish it lands as mężny and silny, brave and strong. Two readings of one name.
The gap between shining and strong is worth pausing on. A shining person and a strong one need not be the same, and the sense of brilliance likely attached to Zurabi later, once the sound had settled into use. What stays constant is the pull toward someone who stands out.
Picture the name on a class register in a Polish school, listed among the more familiar Jany and Piotry. Zurabi holds its own line. It does not shorten easily, since it has no standard Polish diminutive, and children tend to say it whole. All three syllables get their turn: Zu-ra-bi.
How many people are named Zurabi
1 in 48295 men in Poland is named Zurabi. 442 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1409 among male names.