Polianna
Fewer than seventy women in Poland carry this name, so most Poles have never met one. Greek at root, read as "graceful Mary".
Polianna Pronunciation
Polianna is pronounced pol-YAHN-nah (/pɔlˈjanna/).
What Polianna means
Where Polianna comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Polianna is a compound name with a Greek thread. The second part, Anna, reaches Polish through Greek from the Hebrew Hannah, meaning grace or favor. That older sense survives in the Polish gloss, `wiele łask`, a fullness of graces. The first part sits close to Polly, an English pet form of Mary. Together they read as graceful Mary.
The single L points to a book. Eleanor H. Porter published Pollyanna in 1913, and her young heroine turned the name into shorthand for stubborn optimism. Polianna trims the doubled letter and settles it into Polish spelling.
On a Polish class register, Polianna would share its second half with every Anna and Hanna in the room. Those girls keep imieniny on 26 July. The name's meaning stays plain. It is a graceful Mary, `wiele łask`.
When Polianna celebrates name day
Polianna appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 10 September.
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 Polianna
1 in 357839 women in Poland is named Polianna. 63 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4633 among female names.
Polianna's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1787 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Where Polianna is most popular
Polianna is most popular in Silesian, 850% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Polianna as a middle name
Polianna is a first name for 63 women in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 93/7 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3806th, between Piroska (5) and Prema (5).
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#3804 Phượng5
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#3805 Piroska5
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#3806 Polianna5
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#3807 Prema5
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#3808 Priyanka5