Tezeusz
Just four men in all of Poland carry it, and no boys got it last year. Tezeusz is the Polish form of the Greek Theseus, tied to the root *thesmos* and its plain sense: founder, one who establishes.
Tezeusz Pronunciation
Tezeusz is pronounced te-ZE-oosh (/tɛˈzɛuʂ/).
What Tezeusz means
Where Tezeusz comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Tezeusz is the Polish form of the Greek name Theseus, written Θησεύς. Ancient writers tied it to thesmos, a Greek word for something set down, a law or an institution established. The meaning given here follows that root: founder, one who establishes.
In myth, Theseus unites the scattered villages of Attica into one city and is remembered as the founder of Athens. He also kills the Minotaur in the Cretan labyrinth. The name attaches to a builder of states as much as to a killer of monsters.
In Poland the name is rare. A boy called Tezeusz stands out the moment a teacher reads the class register. Behind the name stands the Greek thesmos and its plain sense: założyciel, one who establishes.
When Tezeusz celebrates name day
Tezeusz appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 11 January.
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 Tezeusz
1 in 5336547 men in Poland is named Tezeusz. 4 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #33214 among male names.
Tezeusz as a middle name
Tezeusz is a first name for 4 men in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 44/56 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 5062nd, between Terrance (5) and Thakur (5).
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#5060 Tendekai5
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#5061 Terrance5
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#5062 Tezeusz5
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#5063 Thakur5
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#5064 Theophile5