Given name & surname
Zygmunt
“the victorious protector”
Zygmunt is a form of Sigmund. One German interpretation is “the victorious protector.”
Original PolishZyguś
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Polish use, Zygmunt carries the interpretation “the victorious protector.” Zygmunt is a form of Sigmund. One German interpretation is “the victorious protector.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Polish.
How it developed
In Polish use, Zygmunt is used as a form of Sigmund.
The story
The name has historical associations with Polish royalty.
Zygmunt through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 386
- 386 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 34 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 738 as a first name in 2020; 623 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zygmunt’s family of names
In Polish usage, Zygmunt has a diminutive in Zygmuś. Zygmunt shares a linguistic root with Sigmund. In Polish usage, Zygmunt has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form Segimundus.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Zygmunt has relatives in 15 languages. Lines run from its Polish roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Zyguśdiminutive · Polish
- Zygmuśdiminutive · Polish
- Zygmondvariant
- Zygmontvariant
- Zygmundvariant
- Zygmontevariant
- Zygmundevariant
- Zygmondevariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 22
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zygmunt
- Zygmunt BaumanPolish philosopher and sociologist (1925-2017)
- Zygmunt KrasińskiPolish poet (1812–1859)
- Sigismund, Archduke of AustriaArchduke of Austria1427–1496
- Sigismund von HerbersteinCarniolan diplomat, writer and historian (1486–1566)
- Sigismund KęstutaitisLithuanian noble (1365–1440)
- Zygmunt Florenty WróblewskiPolish scientist (1845-1888)
- Zygmunt BerlingPolish general and politician (1896-1980)
- Zygmunt AnczokPolish footballerborn 1946
- Zygmunt GorazdowskiPolish saint from Lwow (1845–1920)
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