Tarsycjusz
Just eight men in Poland carry it, and no newborn has been given the name in the years counted. From Greek, it points to a place: Tarsus, an ancient city in what is now southern Turkey.
Tarsycjusz Pronunciation
Tarsycjusz is pronounced tahr-SIHTS-yoosh (/tarˈsɨt͡sjuʂ/).
What Tarsycjusz means
Where Tarsycjusz comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Tarsycjusz comes from Greek, and it points to a place. The short meaning is plain: from Tarsus, the ancient city in what is now southern Turkey. To be named Tarsycjusz is to carry a city's name as your own.
The name reached Poland through a Roman martyr. Tarsicius was a young acolyte in the third century, killed while carrying the Eucharist through the streets. The Church later made him patron of altar servers and of children preparing for first communion. Polish boys named Tarsycjusz inherit that story.
It is a rare name here. On a school register it stands out at once. The imieniny falls in his honour, and no diminutive softens it.
The origin stays fixed: Tarsus, a city, and a boy who died for what he held.
When Tarsycjusz celebrates name day
Tarsycjusz appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 15 August.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Tarsycjusz
1 in 2668274 men in Poland is named Tarsycjusz. 8 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #19577 among male names.
Tarsycjusz as a middle name
Tarsycjusz is a first name for 8 men in Poland and a middle name for another 18, a 31/69 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2171st, between Sviatoslav (18) and Teja (18).
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#2169 Sunday18
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#2170 Sviatoslav18
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#2171 Tarsycjusz18
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#2172 Teja18
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#2173 Tiger18