Fun Facts About the Name Tadeusz
- 423 babies named Tadeusz: U.S. records list 423 babies given the name Tadeusz from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Tadeusz Mean?
Tadeusz is the Polish form of Thaddeus, a name of Greek and Latin origin whose meaning is uncertain. The Greek form was Thaddaios, taken into Latin as Thaddaeus. A traditional but unproven explanation connects the Greek name to an Aramaic word for "breast" or "heart," which is why it is sometimes glossed as "heart" or "courageous heart"; this symbolic interpretation should not be treated as a settled literal meaning.
Tadeusz Name History & Origins
The name is best known from the New Testament, where Thaddaeus is named as one of the apostles and is traditionally identified with Jude. The Greek Thaddaios passed into Latin as Thaddaeus, and Christian use of the apostle's name spread the Latin form in Europe. Polish took it as Tadeusz, reshaping the ending to fit Polish.
In Polish literature, Adam Mickiewicz's Pan Tadeusz (1834) uses the name in its title; this is a later literary association, not the name's origin. Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746 - 1817), the Polish-Lithuanian military engineer and leader, is a well-known historical bearer. The name is used in Poland and among Polish communities abroad.
How Popular is the Name Tadeusz?
Tadeusz has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1917. Its best rank was #1,388 in 1917.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #13,944 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #8,828 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #6,772 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #13,824 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #9,443 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #10,663 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #10,626 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #13,799 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2012 | #13,963 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #14,000 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #10,707 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #10,195 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #11,102 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #7,869 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #7,999 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #7,999 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #7,460 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #7,204 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #4,938 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #7,159 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #7,181 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1975 | #6,230 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #3,662 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1970 | #3,800 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #3,901 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #2,592 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1964 | #3,569 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #2,826 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1959 | #4,512 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1957 | #3,227 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1955 | #4,338 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1954 | #3,781 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1930 | #3,956 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1927 | #2,893 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1926 | #4,139 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1925 | #2,177 | 15 | 0.0013% |
| 1924 | #3,473 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1923 | #2,212 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1922 | #2,617 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1921 | #2,611 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1920 | #2,043 | 17 | 0.0016% |
| 1919 | #1,963 | 17 | 0.0017% |
| 1918 | #1,814 | 19 | 0.0019% |
| 1917 | #1,388 | 26 | 0.0028% |
| 1916 | #2,714 | 10 | 0.0011% |
| 1915 | #2,054 | 14 | 0.0016% |
| 1914 | #3,703 | 5 | 0.0008% |
| 1913 | #3,210 | 5 | 0.0010% |
| 1912 | #2,865 | 5 | 0.0012% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Tadeusz Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You like to control everyone within your influence, to shape things to your own liking. If positive, you develop high spirituality, as you have a God's protection. You are sensitive, affectionate, imaginative and cooperative, spiritually aware and prone to self-sacrifice. You can keep secrets and are a good diplomat. You may have healing and psychic powers. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You find the best contentment in life when you own your own home and provide well for your family and loved ones. You have a great sense of responsibility and duty. You are comforting, appreciative and affectionate. Your obligation in life is to hold justice and truth, and if you follow the Law, you can find the great happiness and satisfaction.
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