Heart or courageous
Tadeusz is the Polish form of Thaddeus. It is derived from the Aramaic word 'tadda', which translates to 'heart' or 'breast', often interpreted as being 'big-hearted' or 'courageous'.
Less common today
Tadeusz isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #6,502 in 2022.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Polish-Lithuanian military leader and hero of the American Revolutionary War
First non-communist Prime Minister of Poland after 1989
Renowned Polish painter and theatre director
Influential Polish poet and playwright
Polish writer and journalist known for his Holocaust literature
The title character of the Polish national epic 'Pan Tadeusz' · Pan Tadeusz
