Dyoniza
Fewer than 40 women in Poland carry it, and none have been born this century: most Poles will never meet one. It comes from Greek, marking a girl as devoted to Dionysus, the god of wine.
Dyoniza Pronunciation
Dyoniza is pronounced dih-o-NYEE-zah (/dɨɔˈɲiza/).
What Dyoniza means
Where Dyoniza comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Dyoniza begins in Greek, in the name Dionysios, meaning belonging to Dionysus, the god of wine and the vine. The Polish form softens the Greek ending and hands the name to a woman. Its short meaning stays close to the source: devoted to Dionysus.
The male form Dionizy came into Poland through the Church, carried by Saint Dionysius, a bishop counted among the Fourteen Holy Helpers. From that root the feminine grew: Dyoniza, with its fuller sister form Dionizja.
Read it in a school register today and it looks rare. Short. A teacher might pause before the y. The name does not point only backward to a wine god, since centuries of Christian use gave it saints and name-days of its own. What holds is the meaning underneath: devoted to Dionysus.
How many people are named Dyoniza
1 in 578047 women in Poland is named Dyoniza. 39 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6206 among female names.
Dyoniza as a middle name
Dyoniza is a first name for 39 women in Poland and a middle name for another 35, a 53/47 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1176th, between Ayu (35) and Gladys (35).
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#1174 Anzelma35
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#1175 Ayu35
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#1176 Dyoniza35
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#1177 Gladys35
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#1178 Heather35