Ruzana
Just 76 women in Poland carry it, so most people here will never meet one. A Slavic name at root, it points to "rose", in the Armenian sense of the word.
Ruzana Pronunciation
Ruzana is pronounced roo-ZAH-nah (/ruˈzana/).
What Ruzana means
Where Ruzana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ruzana rises from Slavic ground, and its meaning settles on a single flower. That flower is the rose, which Polish speakers call róża. The rose has long stood for beauty in Slavic song, so a name bound to it comes already warm with association.
There is an Armenian thread here too. In Armenian, Ruzanna means rose, drawn from an older Persian word for the bloom. The Slavic Ruzana and the Armenian Ruzanna meet on the same petal, even where their roots differ.
Picture the school register. A teacher reads Ruzana aloud, and the class turns to look. The name is short. It holds the rose inside it, and it asks for no diminutive to soften it.
Ruzana takes no variant beside it in what we are given. It stands alone with one meaning. Whatever else a rose has signified, this name keeps the flower and the Polish róża close.
How many people are named Ruzana
1 in 296629 women in Poland is named Ruzana. 76 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4107 among female names.