Bozhena
A Slavic name meaning "gift from God". In this spelling it stays rare in Poland: only about 630 women carry it, and most people here will never meet one.
Bozhena Pronunciation
Bozhena is pronounced bos-KHE-nah (/bɔsˈxɛna/).
What Bozhena means
Where Bozhena comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Bozhena grows from Slavic ground, built on the old element bog, meaning god. The name carries the sense of a divine gift, obdarowana przez Boga, a person handed to the world as a blessing rather than earned. That meaning sits right at the root, which is rare among first names.
In Ukrainian homes the name feels close and familiar, and its softer form, Bożenka, surfaces the moment a small child needs coaxing. Bożenka is the everyday face of Bozhena.
The name has a literary anchor too. Božena Němcová, the nineteenth-century Czech writer, made the form known across Slavic reading circles, and her Babička still lands on school reading lists. Picture the name today, read aloud from a class register at the start of term. It answers to a plain and old idea: a gift from God.
How many people are named Bozhena
1 in 35784 women in Poland is named Bozhena. 630 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1188 among female names.
Bozhena's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1487 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2021. Still the #1188 name among living women, even as it slips to #1487 among newborns.
Where Bozhena is most popular
Bozhena is most popular in Lower Silesian, 588% above the national average (3 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+205%).
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Lower Silesian3 girls born+588%
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Masovian3 girls born+205%
Bozhena as a middle name
Bozhena is a first name for 630 women in Poland and a middle name for another 6, a 99/1 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3195th, between Bonita (6) and Bożanna (6).
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#3193 Boluwatife6
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#3194 Bonita6
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#3195 Bozhena6
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#3196 Bożanna6
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#3197 Brianna6