Anizja
Fewer than a dozen women in Poland carry Anizja, so meeting one would stay with you. It comes from Greek and reads as spełniona: fulfilled, brought to completion.
Anizja Pronunciation
Anizja is pronounced ah-NYEEZ-yah (/aˈɲizja/).
What Anizja means
Where Anizja comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Anizja comes from Greek. The name is glossed in Polish as spełniona, and in English as fulfilled or accomplished, a sense that tracks the Greek word ánysis, meaning accomplishment. Here the short meaning sits close to the origin. It was not pinned on generations later.
The name has a documented bearer. Anizja of Thessalonica, or Anysia, was a Christian woman martyred in the city around the year 304, under the emperor Maximian. She gave her wealth to the poor before her death. The Church keeps her memory on 30 December, and that date became the Polish imieniny for anyone named Anizja.
Today it is a rare choice. On a school class register the name would likely sit alone, with no second Anizja to answer the roll. That rarity keeps the meaning legible rather than worn down by use. A parent filling in a form at the urząd writes a word that Greek readers would still recognise: accomplished, brought to completion, spełniona.
When Anizja celebrates name day
Anizja appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 30 December.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
How many people are named Anizja
1 in 2049439 women in Poland is named Anizja. 11 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #14796 among female names.