Ustym
A Ukrainian name drawn from the Latin for "just" or "righteous," sharing a root with Justin. Nearly every boy who carries it in Poland was born in the past few years, though it stays rare enough that most Poles have never met one.
Ustym Pronunciation
Ustym is pronounced OOS-tihm (/ˈustɨm/).
What Ustym means
Where Ustym comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ustym grows from the Latin iustus, meaning just or righteous. It reached Ukrainian through the older name Iustinus, the same root that gave the wider world its many forms of Justin, worn by early martyrs and by a Byzantine emperor. The Polish reading holds to that first sense: sprawiedliwy.
In Ukraine the name belongs above all to Ustym Karmaliuk, a peasant from Podolia who led armed revolts against the landlords through the 1820s and 1830s. Folk songs kept his memory long after his death in 1835, and his name came to stand for a rough justice done outside the law.
In Poland the name is rare. A teacher working through a class register might pause on it, then set its Ukrainian owner beside the Justyns and Justynas. The link is real. Both descend from iustus, and both answer to the same idea of the righteous one.
How many people are named Ustym
1 in 57849 men in Poland is named Ustym. 369 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1555 among male names.
Ustym's popularity over time
6 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #900 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2021.
Where Ustym is most popular
Ustym is most popular in Lubusz, 263% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Greater Poland (+193%) and Lublin (+75%).
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Lubusz2 boys born+263%
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Greater Poland7 boys born+193%
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Lublin2 boys born+75%
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Lesser Poland4 boys born+59%
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Subcarpathian2 boys born+49%
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Masovian5 boys born+27%
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Lower Silesian2 boys born+15%