Wojciech
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- VOY-chekh
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Wojciech is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “joyful warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Wojciech mean?
Slavic: Polish, from woj, warrior, and ciech, joy
“joyful warrior”
The Slavic name of Saint Adalbert of Prague, a 10th-century missionary martyr and a patron saint of Poland.
Is Wojciech a girl's or a boy's name?
Wojciech is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wojciech in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 79% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Wojciech, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 981st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 59 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wojciech in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Wojciech in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 26 | #1,166 |
| 2020 | 32 | #981 |
| 2019 | 41 | #829 |
| 2018 | 53 | #720 |
| 2017 | 49 | #763 |
| 2016 | 59 | #670 |
| 2015 | 41 | #839 |
| 2014 | 44 | #791 |
| 2013 | 53 | #699 |
| 2012 | 49 | #741 |
| 2011 | 51 | #701 |
| 2010 | 52 | #679 |
| 2009 | 47 | #718 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,171 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,343 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
Nicknames for Wojciech
- Wojtek
Names like Wojciech
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oscar, Noah, Brody, Luca, Lucas, Logan, Cooper, Yusuf, Isaac, Arlo, Henry, Mason
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Wojciech: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wojciech, updated 20 October 2026.