Władek
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a diminutive of the male given name Władysław
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/vwadɛk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Władek is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Poland.
- PLPoland
- NLNetherlands
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a diminutive of the male given name Władysław
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Władysław I the Elbow-highb. 1260PLnot in their usual nameKing of Poland (1260-1333)
- Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungaryb. 1456HUnot in their usual nameKing of Bohemia and Hungary
- Władysław IV Vasab. 1595PLnot in their usual nameKing of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1595-1648)
- Casimir Pulaskib. 1745USnot in their usual namePolish nobleman, general in the American Revolutionary War
- Władysław Reymontb. 1867PLnot in their usual namePolish novelist (1867-1925)
- Władysław Sikorskib. 1881PLnot in their usual namePolish military and political leader (1881-1943)
- Władysław Andersb. 1892PLnot in their usual namePolish general, politician and national hero (1892–1970)
- Władysław Gomułkab. 1905PLnot in their usual namePolish politician (1905-1982)
- Władysław Szpilmanb. 1911PLnot in their usual name(1911-2000) Polish pianist, composer, Holocaust survivor
- Władysław Bartoszewskib. 1922PLnot in their usual namePolish politician and activist (1922–2015)
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 2 | #45,126 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #33,506 |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Władek mean, and where does it come from?
- a diminutive of the male given name Władysław Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Władek?
- A machine transcription gives /vwadɛk/ (IPA) for Polish.
- Is Władek a male or female name?
- Władek is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Władek?
- In the etymology graph, Vlad, Slava and Vlado are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Władek have the most bearers?
- Władek is most frequently recorded in Poland.
What do you want to know about Władek?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/w%C5%82adekThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Władek”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.