Zbigniew
Origin
Polish
Syllables
2
Peak era
2020s
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
to dispel anger (old Slavic). Carried to the White House by national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, who let Washington call him Zbig; the standing pattern for the hardest Polish names in America, keep the name whole and hand out the nickname.
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890speak 2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Zbigniew peaked in the 2020s.
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