Bozena
A Slavic name meaning "gift of god". Fewer than 60 women in Poland carry it now, so most Poles will never meet one, and no girl has been named it in years.
Bozena Pronunciation
Bozena is pronounced bo-ZE-nah (/bɔˈzɛna/).
What Bozena means
Where Bozena comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Bożena comes from a Slavic root, the word Bóg, meaning God. The oldest records write it as Bożana and Bożechna, earlier shapes of the same name. The short meaning that settled on it is "gift of god." The fuller Polish reading, obdarowana przez boga, names someone given by God.
The diminutive bożenka is the everyday form, used for a girl or a friend. The variant bożenna doubles the middle sound. Both point back to the same divine root.
A Bohemian duchess named Božena carried the name in the eleventh century. The Czech writer Božena Němcová, who lived from 1820 to 1862, wore the same form across the border. The name moves easily between Slavic languages.
Bożena has a name day. It falls on 13 March, or on 20 June. In a class register the name still sits among the B's, tracing back to Bóg.
When Bozena celebrates name day
Bozena appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, 2 of them as a main name, the first on 13 March.
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 Bozena
1 in 382099 women in Poland is named Bozena. 59 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4799 among female names.
Bozena's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Bozena as a middle name
Bozena is a first name for 59 women in Poland and a middle name for another 77, a 43/57 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 753rd, between Beate (77) and Fiona (77).
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#751 Arlena77
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#752 Beate77
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#753 Bozena77
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#754 Fiona77
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#755 Inés77