Given name & surname
Wojciech
“one who delights as a soldier”
Wojciech is a masculine given name from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Polish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wojciech goes back to Proto-Slavic *Vojьtěxъ, meaning “one who delights as a soldier.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Slavic *Vojьtěxъ, built from Proto-Slavic *vojь + *utěxa.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wojciech through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 59
- 59 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,758 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Wojciech’s family of names
In Polish usage, Wojciech has a diminutive in Wojtek. In Polish usage, Wojciech shares a linguistic root with the Slovak form VOJTECH. In Polish usage, Wojciech has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Albert.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Wojciech has relatives in 13 languages.
19 related names in 13 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Wochdiminutive · Polish
- Vaitkauskasdiminutive · Lithuanian
- Wojtuśdiminutive · Polish
- Wojtaszdiminutive · Polish
- Wojtekdiminutive · Polish, wym
- Wojtasdiminutive · Polish
- Wojcikdiminutive · Polish
- Wójcikdiminutive · Polish
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Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AlbertCzech
- AdalbertFrench, German
- ВойцехRussian, Ukrainian
- Wojtyładerivative · Polish
- AdalbertusDutch, Latin
- Vaitkusborrowing · Lithuanian
- Vojtechcognate · Slovak
- Vojtěchcognate · Czech
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People named Wojciech
- Wojciech JaruzelskiPolish military and political official, leader of the Polish People's Republic from 1981 to 19891923–2014
- Wojciech SzczęsnyPolish association football playerborn 1990
- Wojciech KilarPolish composer and pianist (1932–2013)
- Wojciech NowickiPolish hammer throwerborn 1989
- Wojciech HasPolish film director (1925-2000)
- Wojciech GersonPolish painter (1831-1901)
- Wojciech BogusławskiPolish actor, director, dramatist1757–1829
- Wojciech FibakPolish tennis playerborn 1952
- Wojciech KorfantyPolish politician (1873–1939)
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