Zygmunt
Zygmunt, Zigmunt, Zigmund and spelling variations thereof are masculine given names and occasionally surnames. It has the same etymology as the Germanic name Sigismund. People so named include:
- Polish
Meaning & Origin of Zygmunt
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zygmunt, Zigmunt, Zigmund and spelling variations thereof are masculine given names and occasionally surnames. It has the same etymology as the Germanic name Sigismund. People so named include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Polish
The Story of Zygmunt
American parents first put Zygmunt on the record books as a baby boy name in 1912, with 14 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1917, when 34 Zygmunts were born — ranking #1,152 that year. The 1910s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 49% of all recorded Zygmunts. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2023 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 386 Zygmunts have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Zygmunt
Zygmunt is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 386 births in the dataset. Zygmunt's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #1,152. Use the chart and map above to compare Zygmunt's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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