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Zbigniew
Zbigniew (Polish pronunciation: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf]) is a Polish masculine given name, originally Zbygniew [ˈzbɨɡɲɛf]. This West Slavic name is derived from the Polish elements Zby- (from zbyć, zbyć się, or pozbyć się, meaning "to dispel", "to get rid of") and gniew, meaning "anger".[1] Its diminutive forms include Zbyszek and Zbyś.[citation needed] The Czech form of this name is Zbyněk (derived from Zbyhněv).[2]
| Pronunciation | Polish pronunciation: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Polish |
| Meaning | To dispel anger |
| Region of origin | Poland |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Zbyhněv, Zbyněk |
Individuals with this name may celebrate their name day on February 17, March 17, April 1, June 16 or October 10.[citation needed]
English diminutive of this name is Zibi, Zbiggy or Zbig.
Notable people
- Zbigniew of Brzezia (c. 1360 – c. 1425), Polish knight and nobleman of Clan Zadora
- Zbigniew of Poland, high duke of Poland from 1102–1106
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- Zbigniew Andruszkiewicz (born 1959), Polish rower
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- Zbigniew Babiński (1896–1940), Polish military and sports aviator
- Zbigniew Bargielski (born 1937), Polish composer
- Zbigniew Baranowski (born 1991), Polish wrestler
- Zbigniew Bartman (born 1987), Polish volleyball player
- Zbigniew Beta (born 1953), Polish long jumper
- Zbigniew Bieńkowski (1913–1994), Polish poet, literary critic, translator and essayist
- Zbigniew Boniek (born 1956), Polish footballer, manager, and President of the Polish Football Association
- Zbigniew Brym (1919–2006), Polish military, photographer and publicist
- Zbigniew Bródka (born 1984), Polish speed skater, 2014 Olympic champion in 1500 metres
- Zbigniew Brzeziński (1928–2017), Polish-American diplomat and political scientist
- Zbigniew Buczkowski (born 1951), Polish film actor and entertainer
- Zbigniew Bujak (born 1954), opposition activist in the People's Republic of Poland
- Zbigniew Bujarski (1933–2018), Polish composer
- Zbigniew Burzyński (1902–1971), Polish balloonist and constructor of balloons
- Zbigniew Bzymek (born 1976), Polish-American filmmaker, experimental theatre and music video artist
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- Zbigniew Chlebowski (born 1964), Polish politician
- Zbigniew Chmielowiec (born 1954), Polish politician, Member of Parliament
- Zbigniew Ciesielski (1934–2020), Polish mathematician
- Zbigniew Cybulski (1927–1967), Polish actor
- Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski (born 1950), Polish politician
- Zbigniew Czaja, Polish slalom canoeist
- Zbigniew Czajkowski (born 1921), Polish fencing coach
- Zbigniew Czerwiński (speedway rider) (born 1982), Polish speedway rider
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- Zbigniew Dębski (1922–2010), Polish military personnel and co-founder of the Union of Warsaw Insurgents
- Zbigniew Deptuła (born 1962), Polish politician from the Polish People's Party
- Zbigniew Dłubak (1921–2005), Polish painter
- Zbigniew Doda (1931–2013), Polish chess player
- Zbigniew Dolata (born 1965), Polish politician, Member of Parliament
- Zbigniew Dregier (born 1935), Polish basketball player
- Zbigniew Drzewiecki (1890–1971), Polish pianist and music educator
- Zbigniew Dunin-Wasowicz (1882–1915), Polish military leader
- Zbigniew Dybol (born 1947), Polish handball player
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- Zbigniew Fedyczak (born 1952), Polish sports shooter
- Zbigniew Fil (born 1977), Polish singer and multi-instrumentalist
- Zbigniew Firlej (c. 1613–1649), noble of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Zbigniew Antoni Fronczek (born 1935), Polish politician
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- Zbigniew Gawlik (born 1956), Polish handball player
- Zbigniew Gawlor (1946–2003), Polish luger
- Zbigniew Girzyński (born 1973), Member of Parliament
- Zbigniew Gołąb (1923–1994), Polish linguist and Slavist
- Zbigniew Grzybowski (born 1976), Polish football winger
- Zbigniew Gut (1949–2010), Polish football defender
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- Zbigniew Herbert (1924–1998), Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist
- Zbigniew Herman (1935–2010), Polish physician and pharmacologist
- Zbigniew Hoffmann (born 1963), Polish politician
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- Zbigniew Jagiełło (born 1964), Polish banker
- Zbigniew Janiszewski (born 1931), Polish pole vaulter
- Zbigniew Januszkiewicz (born 1962), Polish swimmer
- Zbigniew Jaremski (1949–2011), Polish sprinter
- Zbigniew Jaworowski (1927–2011) Polish physician and alpinist
- Zbigniew Juszczak (born 1975), Polish field hockey player
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- Zbigniew Kabata (1924–2014), Polish parasitologist, World War II veteran, poet, fisherman, translator and scientific administrator
- Zbigniew Kaczmarek (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- Zbigniew Kaczmarek (weightlifter) (born 1946), Polish weightlifter, Olympic medalist
- Zbigniew Kaczmarek (footballer) (born 1962), Polish football player
- Zbigniew Karkowski (1958–2013), Polish composer and musician
- Zbigniew Karpus (born 1954), Polish historian
- Zbigniew Kiernikowski (born 1946), Polish Roman Catholic priest, professor
- Zbigniew Komorowski, Polish figure skater
- Zbigniew Kowalski (born 1970), Polish football defender
- Zbigniew Kozak (born 1961), Polish politician, Member of Parliament
- Zbigniew Kruszyński (born 1960), Polish football player
- Zbigniew Kupczynski (born 1928), Polish-Canadian abstract expressionist artist
- Zbigniew Kuźmiński (1921–2005), Polish film director and screenwriter
- Zbigniew Kuźmiuk (born 1956), Polish politician
- Zbigniew Kwiatkowski (born 1985), Polish handball player
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- Zbigniew Lengren (1919–2003), Polish cartoonist, caricaturist, and illustrator
- Zbigniew Leśniak (born 1950), Polish slalom canoeist
- Zbigniew Lew-Starowicz (born 1943), Polish psychiatrist and psychotherapist
- Zbigniew Libera (born 1959), Polish artist
- Zbigniew J. Lipowski (1924–1997), Polish psychiatrist, historian, author, political commentator and speaker
- Zbigniew Lubiejewski (born 1949), Polish volleyball player
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- Zbigniew Marciniak (born 1952), Polish mathematician and university teacher
- Zbigniew Makomaski (born 1931), Polish middle-distance runner
- Zbigniew Makowski (born 1930), Polish painter
- Zbigniew Małkowski (born 1978), Polish football goalkeeper
- Zbigniew Matwiejew (born 1949), Polish fencer
- Zbigniew Messner (1929–2014), Polish politician and economist
- Zbigniew Miązek (born 1966), Polish slalom canoer
- Zbigniew Michalewicz, Polish entrepreneur, author and professor
- Zbigniew Morsztyn (c. 1628–1689), Polish poet
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- Zbigniew Namysłowski (born 1939), Polish jazz composer
- Zbigniew Nienacki (1929–1994), Polish writer
- Zbigniew Nieradka, Polish glider pilot
- Zbigniew Niewiadomski (born 1946), Polish sprint canoer
- Zbigniew Niszczot (born 1955), Australian rugby league player
- Zbigniew Nowosadzki (born 1957), Polish painter
O
- Zbigniew Okoński (born 1949), Polish politician and businessman
- Zbigniew Oleśnicki (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- Zbigniew Oleśnicki (cardinal) (1389–1455), Roman Catholic clergyman and a Polish statesman and diplomat
- Zbigniew Oleśnicki (primate of Poland) (c. 1430–1493), Roman Catholic clergyman and Polish politician
- Zbigniew Orywał (born 1930), Polish middle-distance runner
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- Zbigniew Pacelt (born 1951), Polish politician and athlete
- Zbigniew Pakleza (born 1986), Polish chess Grandmaster
- Zbigniew Paleta (born 1942), Polish violinist and composer for telenovelas
- Zbigniew Paradowski (born 1932), Polish rower
- Zbigniew Pełczyński (1925–2021), Polish-British political philosopher and academic
- Zbigniew Piątek (born 1966), Polish road racing cyclist
- Zbigniew Pierzynka, Polish long-distance runner
- Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (1934–2014), Polish boxer, Olympian
- Zbigniew Piórkowski (1929–1994), Polish boxer, Olympian
- Zbigniew Podraza (born 1953) Polish politician, member of Sejm and mayor of Dąbrowa Górnicza
- Zbigniew Preisner (born 1955), Polish film score composer
- Zbigniew Promiński (born 1978), nicknamed "Inferno", Polish death metal drummer
- Zbigniew Przybyszewski (1907–1952), Polish military officer and a Commander in the Polish Navy
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- Zbigniew Radziwonowicz (1930–2002), Polish athlete in the javelin throw
- Zbigniew Raszewski (1925–1992), Polish writer and theatre historian
- Zbigniew Religa (1938–2009), Polish cardiac surgeon and politician
- Zbigniew Romaszewski (1940–2014), Polish conservative politician, senator, and human rights activist
- Zbigniew Rybczyński (born 1949), Polish filmmaker, director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
- Zbigniew Rychlicki (1922–1989), Polish graphic artist and illustrator of children's books
- Zbigniew Rynasiewicz (born 1963), Polish politician
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- Zbigniew Sawan (1904–1984), Polish stage and film actor
- Zbigniew Schodowski (born 1987), Polish rower
- Zbigniew Schwarzer (1928–2008), Polish rower
- Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski (1917–2018), Polish aviator, officer of the Home Army, Brigadier General of the Polish Army
- Zbigniew Seifert (1946–1979), Polish jazz musician
- Zbigniew Siemiątkowski (born 1957), Polish politician
- Zbigniew Skowroński (1925–1992), Polish bobsledder
- Zbigniew Skrudlik (born 1934), Polish fencer
- Zbigniew Ślusarski (born 1947), Polish rower
- Zbigniew Sosnowski (born 1963), Polish politician, Member of Parliament
- Zbigniew Spruch (born 1965), Polish cyclist
- Zbigniew Stonoga (born 1974), Polish entrepreneur, videobloger, social and political activist
- Zbigniew Stryj (born 1968), Polish actor
- Zbigniew Stypułkowski (1904–1979), Polish lawyer and politician
- Zbigniew Suchecki (born 1984), Polish speedway rider
- Zbigniew Suszyński (born 1961), Polish film, television and theater actor
- Zbigniew Syka (1936–1996), Polish sprinter
- Zbigniew Szafrański, Polish Egyptologist
- Zbigniew Szczepkowski (born 1952), Polish cyclist
- Zbigniew Szewczyk (born 1967), Polish football player and coach
- Zbigniew Szydlo (born 1949), English chemist, academic and teacher
- Zbigniew Szymczak (born 1952), Polish chess player
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- Zbigniew Tęczyński (c. 1450–1498), Polish nobleman
- Zbigniew Torzecki, Polish sprint canoer
- Zbigniew Tłuczyński (born 1956), Polish handball player and coach
- Zbigniew Turski (1908–1979), Polish composer
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- Zbigniew Wachowicz (born 1972), Polish football defender
- Zbigniew Wassermann (1949–2010), minister-member of the Council of Ministers, coordinator of special services
- Zbigniew Wawer, Polish historian, specializing in Polish military history in World War II
- Zbigniew Włodkowski (born 1961), Polish politician, Member of Parliament
- Zbigniew Wodecki (1950–2017), Polish musician
- Zbigniew Wóycicki (1902–1928), Polish officer and skier
- Zbigniew Woźnicki (1958–2008), Polish cyclist
- Zbigniew Wyciszkiewicz (born 1969), Polish football midfielder
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- Zbigniew Zakrzewski (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- Zbigniew Zakrzewski (footballer) (born 1981), Polish footballer
- Zbigniew Zakrzewski (economist) (1912–1992), Polish economist
- Zbigniew Zaleski (born 1947), Polish politician
- Zbigniew Załuski (1926–1978), Polish army officer, writer and Member of Parliament
- Zbigniew Zamachowski (born 1961), Polish actor
- Zbigniew Zapasiewicz (1934–2009), Polish actor, theatre director, and pedagogue
- Zbigniew Żarnowiecki (born 1927), Polish rower
- Zbigniew Zarzycki (born 1948), Polish volleyball player
- Zbigniew Ziobro (born 1970), Polish politician
- Zbigniew Żedzicki (born 1945), Polish wrestler
- Zbigniew Żupnik (1951–2000), Polish painter
- Zbigniew Zychowicz (1953–2016), Polish politician and member of the Democratic Left Alliance
See also
References
- ^ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Zbigniew
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). "Zbigniew". A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.