Kwiryna
Most Poles have never met a Kwiryna: only 86 carry it, and no girls have been given the name this century. It comes from the Latin Quirinus, tied to the idea of a spear-armed warrior.
Kwiryna Pronunciation
Kwiryna is pronounced kfee-RIH-nah (/kfiˈrɨna/).
What Kwiryna means
Where Kwiryna comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kwiryna comes from Latin. It is the feminine of Kwiryn, the variant that Polish borrowed first. Behind both stands Quirinus, a name Roman writers tied to the Sabine word for spear, quiris. From that root the short meaning takes its shape: spear-armed, a warrior.
Quirinus began as an early Roman god, one of the archaic triad beside Jupiter and Mars. The Quirinal Hill in Rome still carries his name. Later Romans merged him with the deified Romulus. A Saint Quirinus then brought the name into the Christian calendar. Kwiryn walked in behind him, and Kwiryna formed as its feminine.
On a Polish class register today, Kwiryna would stand out among the Zuzannas and Julias. The rarity is real. The meaning holds its edge, and wojownik still sits under it. Spear-armed, warrior.
When Kwiryna celebrates name day
Kwiryna appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 30 March.
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 Kwiryna
1 in 262138 women in Poland is named Kwiryna. 86 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3799 among female names.
Kwiryna as a middle name
Kwiryna is a first name for 86 women in Poland and a middle name for another 49, a 64/36 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 980th, between Kimberly (49) and Leopoldyna (49).
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#978 Janine49
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#979 Kimberly49
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#980 Kwiryna49
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#981 Leopoldyna49
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#982 Léa49