Mariola
Around 82,000 Polish women carry it, but parents have nearly stopped choosing it: just two baby girls got it last year. At root it's a Slavic pet form of Maria, so something like "little Mary."
Mariola Pronunciation
Mariola is pronounced mahr-YO-lah (/marˈjɔla/).
What Mariola means
Where Mariola comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Mariola grew out of Maria, reshaped in Slavic mouths into a longer, softer form. The short meaning most people attach to it reads as "little Mary, beloved." That sense of "beloved," in Polish umiłowana, belongs to Maria first. It was fastened to the older name over time, so Mariola inherits the sentiment as a diminutive rather than as a first cause.
The Slavic ending gives the name its own footing. A Maria can turn into Marysia, Maryla, or Mariola, and the last of these settled into Polish records as a full given name in its own right. Poland keeps its names by the calendar. Name-days there are often marked with more fuss than birthdays, and a Mariola shares her imieniny with the Marian dates that anchor Maria.
Picture the class register. The teacher reads down the M column and lands on Mariola, between the Marias and the Martas.
The meaning stays plain. Little Mary, beloved, umiłowana, a Slavic diminutive that outgrew its parent name.
When Mariola celebrates name day
Mariola appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 25 March.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Mariola
1 in 276 women in Poland is named Mariola. 81,565 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #138 among female names.
Mariola's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1697 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000. Still the #138 name among living women, even as it slips to #1697 among newborns.
Where Mariola is most popular
Mariola is most popular in Lesser Poland, 419% above the national average (6 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Subcarpathian (+389%) and Lower Silesian (+150%).
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Lesser Poland6 girls born+419%
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Subcarpathian3 girls born+389%
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Lower Silesian2 girls born+150%
Mariola as a middle name
Mariola is a first name for 81,565 women in Poland and a middle name for another 31,537, a 72/28 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 67th, between Władysława (32,619) and Bogumiła (31,326).
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#65 Aneta32,885
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#66 Władysława32,619
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#67 Mariola31,537
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#68 Bogumiła31,326
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#69 Kamila31,160