Poland

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Polen in ID Indonesia.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Poland is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name3.9K records spelled Poland20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French

  Also written Polonia, Pologne, Polónia, Polonía, Pőlõņîâ

• a separate name1.0K records spelled Poland2 spellings in the group

  Also written Polonia

• Polish given name675 records spelled Poland24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United Kingdom, Brazil, Tunisia

  Languages: Polish, Croatian, Bulgarian

  Also written Polska, Kenedi, Polskā, Кенеди, Полска

• Greek name136 records spelled Poland3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, Cyprus

  Also written Polonia, Πολωνια

• Hungarian name134 records spelled Poland2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary

  Also written Lengyelorszag

• a separate name103 records spelled Poland2 spellings in the group

  Also written 폴란드

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Poland is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, republic, Europe

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Poland. Capital and largest city: Warsaw.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●

• Toontje Polandb. 1795NLcolonel in the Dutch-Indonesian army
• Luke P. Polandb. 1815USAmerican politician (1815–1887)
• Martha Poland Thurstonb. 1849USAmerican social leader, philanthropist, writer (1849-1898)
• Franz Polandb. 1857DEGerman classical philologist and high school teacher (1857–1945)
• Joseph F. Polandb. 1892USscreenwriter (1892-1962)
• Hugh Polandb. 1910USAmerican professional baseball catcher (1910–1984)
• George Polandb. 1913GBassociation football player (1913-1988)
• Christoph Polandb. 1949DEGerman politician
• Marguerite Polandb. 1950ZASouth African writer
• Chris Polandb. 1957USAmerican guitarist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 13 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Poland?

We estimate roughly 9.4 thousand people bear Poland (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Poland have the most bearers?

We estimate about 7.7 thousand people bear Poland in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled poland.

Where is Poland most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Poland is densest in St. Kitts & Nevis — about 1 in 11 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

What does the name Poland mean?

Recorded meaning: usually not ‘Pole’; in many cases not derived from the country-name