Given name
Pollux
“one who is crowned”
Pollux is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “one who is crowned.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who is crowned.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pollux through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 40
- 40 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,410 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,410 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pollux’s family of names
Pollux has a related form in Pollack. Pollux has a related form in Polloc. Pollux has a related form in Polloch.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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