Uzi
Almost no one in Poland carries this: about ten men, and no boys have been named Uzi this century. It comes from Hebrew, where it means "my strength".
Uzi Pronunciation
Uzi is pronounced OO-zhee (/ˈuʑi/).
What Uzi means
Where Uzi comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Uzi comes from Hebrew, where it reads as "my strength", moja siła in Polish. The root is oz, meaning strength or might. Add the possessive ending and the sense turns personal. The strength becomes mine.
Uzi appears in the Hebrew Bible as Uzzi, a priest named in the genealogies of Chronicles. He stands in a line of temple servants, one link among many. The form has no diminutives and no separate feminine version. It arrives whole.
In Poland the name stays rare and clearly Jewish in origin. A teacher reading a class register might pause on it once, then move on. There is no Polish name-day for Uzi, so an imieniny would be a family invention rather than a calendar entry. What the bearer keeps is the plain sense of the Hebrew: my strength.
How many people are named Uzi
1 in 2134619 men in Poland is named Uzi. 10 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #16710 among male names.
Uzi as a middle name
Uzi is a first name for 10 men in Poland and a middle name for another 2, an 83/17 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 8982nd, between Uzay (2) and Vahagn (2).
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#8980 Umit2
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#8981 Uzay2
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#8982 Uzi2
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#8983 Vahagn2
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#8984 Vahid2