Flawia
From Latin, with the sense of golden or fair hair. Most Poles have never met a Flawia, but that's changing: more girls got the name last year than in the years before.
Flawia Pronunciation
Flawia is pronounced FLAHV-yah (/ˈflavja/).
What Flawia means
Where Flawia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Flawia comes from Latin, the Polish form of Flávia, and behind both stands the adjective "flavus", golden-yellow. The short meaning follows straight from that word: golden, blond, in Polish złotowłosa. The link to hair color is literal here, part of the origin rather than a later gloss.
The Romans knew Flavia as a family name. The gens Flavia gave Rome an emperor, Vespasian, whose full name was Titus Flavius Vespasianus, and his sons Titus and Domitian carried it after him. It reached the Polish register through Rome and the Church. No Slavic root feeds it.
On a class register the form Flawia sits apart from the variant Flávia. One letter marks the difference.
The meaning has stayed close to its Latin source. Where many names pick up an association centuries later, Flawia keeps the sense it began with: złotowłosa, golden-haired.
When Flawia celebrates name day
Flawia appears 5 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 18 February.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Flawia
1 in 232411 women in Poland is named Flawia. 97 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3517 among female names.
Flawia's popularity over time
8 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #767 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2012.
Where Flawia is most popular
Flawia is most popular in Greater Poland, 251% above the national average (7 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+175%) and Masovian (+52%). It is least common in Lesser Poland, 5% below average.
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Greater Poland7 girls born+251%
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Lower Silesian4 girls born+175%
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Masovian5 girls born+52%
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Pomeranian2 girls born+47%
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Lesser Poland2 girls born−5%
Flawia as a middle name
Flawia is a first name for 97 women in Poland and a middle name for another 63, a 61/39 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 859th, between Xymena (64) and Josefina (63).
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#857 Magdalene64
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#858 Xymena64
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#859 Flawia63
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#860 Josefina63
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#861 Rocio63