Solomia
A Ukrainian name still new to Poland: barely present before the late 2010s, now given to a few dozen newborn girls a year, though most Poles have never met one. It comes from Hebrew and means "peace".
Solomia Pronunciation
Solomia is pronounced so-LOM-yah (/sɔˈlɔmja/).
What Solomia means
Where Solomia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Solomia grows from the Hebrew root shalom, the word for peace. It shares that root with Solomon, whose Hebrew name, Shlomo, means something close to peaceable. In Ukrainian usage the feminine form settled as Solomia, and the short meaning carried into Polish stays plain: pokój, peace.
The name's best-known bearer makes the case for it. Solomiya Krushelnytska, born in 1872 in Galicia, became one of the great sopranos of her age. She sang Cio-Cio-San in the revised Madama Butterfly at Brescia in 1904, after the opera's disastrous La Scala premiere, and helped return it to the stage. Her voice reached Milan and Buenos Aires. Her first name traveled with her.
Because Solomia has no diminutive beside it, it tends to stand on its own. On a Polish school register it would sit apart, a Hebrew word for peace dressed in Ukrainian sound.
The meaning holds. Pokój, peace, is what the name says.
How many people are named Solomia
1 in 72025 women in Poland is named Solomia. 313 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1707 among female names.
Solomia's popularity over time
21 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #504 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2016.
Where parents choose Solomia
Solomia is most popular in Lower Silesian, 82% above the national average (13 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+68%) and Lesser Poland (+36%). It is least common in Silesian and Łódź, 81% and 65% below average respectively.
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Lower Silesian
+82%1 in 12,087 babies
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Masovian
+68%1 in 13,121 babies
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Lesser Poland
+36%1 in 16,208 babies
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Silesian
−81%1 in 113,792 babies
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Łódź
−65%1 in 63,359 babies
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Lublin
−57%1 in 51,338 babies
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Lower Silesian+82% 13 born1 in 12,087 babies+82%
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Masovian+68% 27 born1 in 13,121 babies+68%
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Lesser Poland+36% 14 born1 in 16,208 babies+36%
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Lubusz+33% 3 born1 in 16,552 babies+33%
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Greater Poland+33% 13 born1 in 16,557 babies+33%
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Pomeranian+20% 8 born1 in 18,415 babies+20%
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West Pomeranian+4% 4 born1 in 21,106 babies+4%
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Opole−4% 2 born1 in 23,048 babies−4%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−19% 4 born1 in 27,345 babies−19%
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Holy Cross−20% 2 born1 in 27,717 babies−20%
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Warmian-Masurian−39% 2 born1 in 35,897 babies−39%
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Lublin−57% 2 born1 in 51,338 babies−57%
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Łódź−65% 2 born1 in 63,359 babies−65%
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Silesian−81% 2 born1 in 113,792 babies−81%
Solomia as a middle name
Solomia is a first name for 313 women in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 99/1 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 6784th, between Solina (2) and Someshwar (2).
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#6782 Sole2
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#6783 Solina2
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#6784 Solomia2
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#6785 Someshwar2
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#6786 Somna2