Bożentyna
Only 27 women in Poland carry it, and no girls have been given it in years. A Slavic name that reads as "gift of god".
Bożentyna Pronunciation
Bożentyna is pronounced bo-zhen-TIH-nah (/bɔʐɛnˈtɨna/).
What Bożentyna means
Where Bożentyna comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Bożentyna begins with bóg, the Slavic word for god. The opening element Boż- runs through a whole family of Polish names, from Bożena to Bogdan, and it plants the same idea each time: something handed down from above. The short meaning is gift of god. Bogdan, a cousin name, says the gift outright: given by God.
The tail of the name, -tyna, sits beside Walentyna and Konstantyna. That resemblance lends Bożentyna a formal ring, while the Slavic root keeps it at home. The name is rare.
On a school register, Bożentyna is uncommon enough to make a teacher slow down. It has no common diminutive on record, so it tends to stand at full length. Trace it back and it says one plain thing: a gift of god.
How many people are named Bożentyna
1 in 834957 women in Poland is named Bożentyna. 27 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #8018 among female names.
Bożentyna as a middle name
Bożentyna is a first name for 27 women in Poland and a middle name for another 12, a 69/31 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2139th, between Berfin (12) and Burcu (12).
-
#2137 Bell12
-
#2138 Berfin12
-
#2139 Bożentyna12
-
#2140 Burcu12
-
#2141 Bärbel12