Gwidona
Fewer than twenty Polish women carry this name, and no girl has been given it in over two decades: most people here will never meet one. It comes from Germanic roots meaning "wood" or "forest".
Gwidona Pronunciation
Gwidona is pronounced gvee-DO-nah (/gviˈdɔna/).
What Gwidona means
Where Gwidona comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Gwidona reaches back to a Germanic root, witu, meaning wood or forest. That element sat behind a whole group of old Germanic names, given in a world where woodland framed most settlements. The same root surfaces in the English word wood. The short meaning follows plainly: wood, forest, in Polish las, drzewo.
The name is rare in Poland. Say it in a class register and it draws a second look. The ending -ona lends a formal, feminine shape, close to other names Polish ears already know.
Nothing about Gwidona softens its origin. The wood in it is literal. No later gloss was added for decoration. A woman who carries the name carries a Germanic word for forest, witu, still legible in its Polish spelling.
When Gwidona celebrates name day
Gwidona appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 4 September.
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 Gwidona
1 in 1734141 women in Poland is named Gwidona. 13 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #13338 among female names.
Gwidona as a middle name
Gwidona is a first name for 13 women in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 72/28 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3619th, between Guillermina (5) and Göksu (5).
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#3617 Grzymisława5
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#3618 Guillermina5
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#3619 Gwidona5
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#3620 Göksu5
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#3621 Habiba5