Ozanna
Fewer than a dozen women in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met an Ozanna. The name comes from Hebrew, a plea meaning "save, we pray".
Ozanna Pronunciation
Ozanna is pronounced o-ZAHN-nah (/ɔˈzanna/).
What Ozanna means
Where Ozanna comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ozanna comes from Hebrew. Behind it sits the liturgical call hosha-na, "save, we pray," the same phrase Polish renders as daj zbawienie. The word began as a plea and later hardened into a name.
The Latin liturgy carried it west as Hosanna, and Polish softened the opening to Ozanna. A real bearer anchors it: Blessed Ozana of Kotor, a Dominican recluse who died in 1565 and is venerated in the Church. Her name marks her as a living prayer.
On a Polish class register the name stands out. Most children answer to Anna or Zuzanna. Ozanna sits a few letters away from both, closer to the older cry.
The meaning stays visible. Say daj zbawienie and you have the whole story, "save, we pray."
How many people are named Ozanna
1 in 1878653 women in Poland is named Ozanna. 12 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #14427 among female names.
Ozanna as a middle name
Ozanna is a first name for 12 women in Poland and a middle name for another 8, a 60/40 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2839th, between Orsolya (8) and Panagiota (8).
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#2837 Onyinyechi8
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#2838 Orsolya8
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#2839 Ozanna8
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#2840 Panagiota8
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#2841 Panajota8