Given name & surname
Błażej
“lisping”
Błażej is a masculine given name from Late Latin. It is used in Polish.
Original LatinBlasius
Meaning & origin
What it means
Błażej goes back to Latin Blasius, meaning “lisping.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Błażej’s family of names
In Polish usage, Błażej has a diminutive in Błażejek. In Polish usage, Błażej has a conventional equivalent in the French form Blaise. In Polish usage, Błażej has a conventional equivalent in the Basque form Blas.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Błażej has relatives in 16 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Błażej comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Błażej
- Błażej AugustynPolish footballer (born 1988)
- Błażej Janiaczykcyclistborn 1983
- Błażej KoniuszPolish tennis playerborn 1988
- Błażej RadlerPolish footballerborn 1982
- Błażej ŚliwińskiPolish scientistborn 1954
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