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A given name in Spanish, Polish and 2 more
Language contexts for this entry: Spanish, Polish, Danish and 1 more
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Polish
01 / Meaning & origin
Leszek is a masculine given name documented in Spanish, Polish, Danish and 1 other language. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.
Inherited from Old Polish Lestek.
02 / Across borders
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5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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France (France métropolitaine et départements-régions d'outre-mer; avant 2012 France hors Mayotte), 1950: 5 boys (rank 1000).
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03 / By the numbers
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1945–2025 Spelling: Leszek
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | 4 | 402 | observed |
| 1955 | 9 | 276 | observed |
| 1956 | 16 | 221 | observed |
| 1957 | 13 | 244 | observed |
| 1958 | 12 | 257 | observed |
| 1959 | 16 | 221 | observed |
| 1960 | 17 | 217 | observed |
| 1961 | 10 | 301 | observed |
| 1962 | 10 | 315 | observed |
| 1963 | 13 | 275 | observed |
| 1964 | 25 | 190 | observed |
| 1965 | 19 | 233 | observed |
| 1966 | 12 | 309 | observed |
| 1967 | 17 | 251 | observed |
| 1968 | 16 | 253 | observed |
| 1969 | 13 | 308 | observed |
| 1970 | 15 | 287 | observed |
| 1971 | 20 | 243 | observed |
| 1972 | 15 | 294 | observed |
| 1973 | 9 | 399 | observed |
| 1974 | 12 | 342 | observed |
| 1975 | 12 | 341 | observed |
| 1976 | 14 | 313 | observed |
| 1977 | 20 | 239 | observed |
| 1978 | 11 | 376 | observed |
| 1979 | 7 | 479 | observed |
| 1980 | 19 | 265 | observed |
| 1981 | 6 | 526 | observed |
| 1982 | 13 | 346 | observed |
| 1983 | 8 | 458 | observed |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | 6 | 525 | observed |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | 7 | 481 | observed |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | 4 | 600 | observed |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Leszek” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Leszek— “helper of men”
_Leszek_, _m._ _Pol._ Gr. helper of men, 85
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Philosopher, historian of ideas (1927–2009)
Polish writer and translator (1955-2022)
Polish politician, Polish prime minister in 2001-2004
High Duke of Poland (1186-1227)
Polish economist (born 1947)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce — first given names of children, PESEL register, 2000-2025 (national)
Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (Ministry of Digital Affairs), Poland — PESEL register; published on dane.gov.pl · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
