Zbigniew
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
Zbigniew does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
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