Behind the Name: Comments for the name Zbigniew

Comments for ZBIGNIEW:

The common familiar form of this name is Zbyszek, pronounced ZBY-shek.

-- angolmois 6/22/2007

Probably the most famous Zbigniew outside of Poland is Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was the National Security advisor to the US president Jimmy Carter in the 1970's.

-- angolmois 6/22/2007

Zbigniew Zamachowski, Polish actor known for his role in Krzysztof Kieślowski's "Three Colours White".

-- CicconeYouth 1/26/2008

Zbyněk and Zbyšek are Czech forms of Zbigniew.

-- MaggieSimpson 3/9/2009

This is my dad's name! People call him Biniu. :)

-- galina 7/30/2009

Other less common forms of this name (other than Zbyszek) are: Zbyszko [ZBY-shkoh] (medieval sounding, because it ends in -ko), Zbych [ZBYH] and Zbychu [ZBY-who].

-- angolmois 11/4/2009

Don't forget the writer Zbigniew Herbert!

'Tis kind of a strange name, but I think I might need to use it in a story or novel of some sort... hmmm.

-- Anonymous User 7/26/2010

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