Witosz
A Slavic name built from the roots for "glorious ruler". Only about 29 men in Poland carry it, so most Poles will never meet one.
Witosz Pronunciation
Witosz is pronounced VEE-tosh (/ˈvitɔʂ/).
What Witosz means
Where Witosz comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Witosz grows from Slavic soil. The name joins two old building blocks that Slavic parents reused for centuries: wit-, meaning lord or ruler, and sław, meaning glory or fame. Put together they give the sense recorded for Witosz today, "glorious ruler."
That short form sounds warmer than the full compound names it belongs beside. Old Polish loved these clipped endings on -osz. A boy set down as Witosław in a charter might answer to Witosz among family.
The meaning points at power, yet the name never demanded a throne. A man named Witosz could be a farmer, a smith, a clerk. The "glorious ruler" reading tells you what the roots say. It makes no promise about the child.
Picture a school register in a Polish classroom, Witosz listed once among the Jakubs and Szymons. The teacher reads it, pauses, moves on. It is rare enough to make a small silence.
The parts stay legible after all this time: wit for the ruler, sław for the glory.
How many people are named Witosz
1 in 736075 men in Poland is named Witosz. 29 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #7762 among male names.
Witosz's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Where Witosz is most popular
Witosz is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Witosz as a middle name
Witosz is a first name for 29 men in Poland and a middle name for another 6, an 83/17 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4510th, between Will (6) and Wojbor (6).
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#4508 Wendell6
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#4509 Will6
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#4510 Witosz6
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#4511 Wojbor6
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#4512 Wolodymyr6