Roza
From the Greek word for the rose. It stays rare in Poland: fewer than 600 women carry it, and most people here will never meet one.
Roza Pronunciation
Roza is pronounced RO-zah (/ˈrɔza/).
What Roza means
Where Roza comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Roza traces back to Greek. The word rhodon named the rose, the flower on its stem, and that is what the name still says. The meaning is simply a rose.
The Greek root did not stay in one place. It survives in scientific Latin, in Rhodophyta, the red algae, and it stands behind the Polish flower itself, róża. So the name and the bloom share one ancestor, and a child called Roza is given the plain word for a flower rather than any borrowed idea.
Because the sense is so clear, Roza needs little explaining. A teacher reading a class register meets it and moves on, no gloss required. The name holds its ground without decoration.
What reaches Polish is short and exact. From Greek rhodon to Polish róża, the line runs straight, and at the end of it stands a single word: rose.
How many people are named Roza
1 in 38602 women in Poland is named Roza. 584 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1229 among female names.
Roza's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where parents choose Roza
Roza is most popular in Podlaskie, 630% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Greater Poland (+123%) and Lesser Poland (+112%).
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Podlaskie
+630%1 in 32,893 babies
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Greater Poland
+123%1 in 107,622 babies
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Lesser Poland
+112%1 in 113,458 babies
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Podlaskie+630% 2 born1 in 32,893 babies+630%
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Greater Poland+123% 2 born1 in 107,622 babies+123%
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Lesser Poland+112% 2 born1 in 113,458 babies+112%
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Masovian+103% 3 born1 in 118,088 babies+103%
Roza as a middle name
Roza is a first name for 584 women in Poland and a middle name for another 71, an 89/11 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 799th, between Marija (71) and Tatenda (71).
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#797 Frieda71
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#798 Marija71
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#799 Roza71
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#800 Tatenda71
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#801 Telimena71