Maciej
Maciej is a Polish given name, the etymological equivalent of Matthias. Its diminutive forms are Maciek, Maciuś.
Maciej gained popularity in the 1970s and was one of the most popular Polish male names throughout the 1980s and 90s. Its popularity declined in recent years but in 2024, 267 723 Polish residents used that name making it the 19th most popular male name in the country.
Namedays according to Polish calendar: 30 January, 24 February, 14 May
Maciej may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- Maciej Cieślak, Polish guitarist and songwriter
- Maciej Dunal, Polish actor and singer
- Maciej Fortuna, Polish jazz trumpeter, composer and musical educator
- Maciej Jachowski, Polish actor
- Maciej Kozłowski, Polish actor
- Maciej Łukaszczyk, Polish pianist
- Maciej Maleńczuk, Polish singer, guitarist and poet
- Maciej Małecki, Polish composer and pianist
- Maciej Musiał, Polish actor
- Maciej Silski, Polish singer
- Maciej Stuhr, Polish actor, comedian and impressionist
- Maciej Ślesicki, Polish director and screenwriter, co-founder of the Warsaw Film School.
- Maciej Wojtyszko, Polish film director, screenwriter and fiction author
- Maciej Zembaty, Polish artist, writer, journalist, singer, poet and comedian
Politics
- Maciej Giertych, Polish dendrologist and social conservative politician
- Maciej Golubiewski, Consul General of the Republic of Poland in New York City
- Maciej Górski, Polish politician
- Maciej Nowicki, Polish politician, manager and scientist
- Maciej Płażyński, Polish politician and marshal of the Sejm
- Maciej Rataj, Polish politician and writer
- Maciej Świątkowski, Polish politician, former member of the Sejm and the Senate
Sports
- Maciej Bębenek, Polish footballer
- Maciej Bielecki, Polish cyclist
- Maciej Bodnar, Polish road racing cyclist
- Maciej Bydliński, Polish alpine skier
- Maciej Czyżowicz, Polish modern pentathlete
- Maciej Dąbrowski, Polish footballer
- Maciej Gajos, Polish footballer
- Maciej Gębala, Polish handball player
- Maciej Górski, Polish footballer
- Maciej Hreniak, Polish swimmer
- Maciej Iwański, Polish footballer
- Maciej Janowski, Polish speedway rider
- Maciej Jewtuszko, Polish mixed martial artist
- Maciej Korzym, Polish footballer
- Maciej Kot, Polish ski jumper
- Maciej Lampe, Polish basketball player
- Maciej Łasicki, Polish rower
- Maciej Pałyszko, Polish hammer thrower
- Maciej Piaszczyński, Polish speedway rider
- Maciej Pospieszyński, Polish glider aerobatic pilot
- Maciej Rybus, Polish footballer
- Maciej Skorża, Polish football manager
- Maciej Śliwa, Polish footballer
- Maciej Staręga, Polish cross-country skier
- Maciej Szczęsny, Polish footballer
- Maciej Urbańczyk, Polish footballer
- Maciej Zieba, Polish-German footballer
- Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer
- Maciej Kowalczyk, Polish-American hockey player and expert computer scientist
Other
- Maciej Cegłowski, Polish-American web developer and writer, owner of the bookmarking service Pinboard
- Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski, Polish anti-Nazi resistance fighter
- Maciej Dziewoński, Polish priest and Russian spy
- Maciej Franz, Polish historian
- Maciej Ganczar, Polish literary scholar
- Maciej Kranz, Polish-American Silicon Valley executive
- Maciej Kuroń, Polish chef, culinary publicist and journalist
- Maciej Łubieński, primate of Poland and archbishop of Gniezno
- Maciej Miechowita, Polish renaissance scholar, professor of Jagiellonian University, historian, chronicler, geographer, and medical doctor
- Maciej Rybiński, Polish journalist, publicist, satirist and writer
- Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Europe's most prominent Latin poet of the 17th century
- Maciej Stachowiak, Polish-American software developer and notable proponent for open source software and web standards, and a leader of the WebKit development team.
- Maciej Stoiński Polish businessman and CEO of the Piotr i Paweł supermarket chain.
- Maciej Stryjkowski, Polish historian
- Maciej Sulkiewicz, lieutenant general of the Russian Empire, Prime Minister of Crimea, and Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces
- Maciej Zamoyski, Polish nobleman
- Maciej Zaremba, Swedish journalist and author
- Maciej Zień, Polish fashion designer
- Maciej Żurowski, Polish historian of French literature and translator