Flavia
Latin at root, meaning "golden" or "blonde". Only about 145 women in Poland carry it, so most people here have never met one, and the last few years bring the first newborns as it starts to catch on.
Flavia Pronunciation
What Flavia means
Where Flavia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Flavia grows from the Latin flavus, meaning yellow or golden, the color of ripe grain and fair hair. In Rome it began as a family name. The gens Flavia gave the empire three emperors, Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian, all born Titus Flavius. The name arrived with Roman standing.
Italy kept it warm long after the empire cooled. A martyr from the early Christian centuries, Flavia Domitilla, gave the name a place on the calendar of saints, and Italian families kept using it.
The meaning stays plain. Golden, blond. In a Polish class register today, Flavia sits among the Zofias and Julias with a clear Latin root and no diminutive behind it. It stands on its own. The gold was never metaphor here. It named the flavus a Roman saw in wheat and in hair.
How many people are named Flavia
1 in 155475 women in Poland is named Flavia. 145 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2696 among female names.
Flavia's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1568 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2022.
Where Flavia is most popular
Flavia is most popular in Lower Silesian, 358% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+307%).
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Lower Silesian2 girls born+358%
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Masovian4 girls born+307%
Flavia as a middle name
Flavia is a first name for 145 women in Poland and a middle name for another 22, an 87/13 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1524th, between Eun (22) and Ijeoma (22).
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#1522 Estrella22
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#1523 Eun22
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#1524 Flavia22
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#1525 Ijeoma22
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#1526 Josephina22