Hajnalka
Only about two dozen women in Poland carry this name, and no girls have been given it in a generation. It means "dawn": a bright name that has all but slipped out of use here.
Hajnalka Pronunciation
Hajnalka is pronounced khahy-NAHL-kah (/xajˈnalka/).
What Hajnalka means
Where Hajnalka comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Hajnalka comes from Hungarian, and it holds the word hajnal, meaning dawn. To that root the language adds the diminutive -ka, so the name reads as little dawn. That sets it apart from the Slavic and Latin stock filling most Polish registers. Its origin is simply other.
In Hungarian, hajnalka is also the everyday word for the morning glory, the flower that opens at first light. So the name points two ways at once, to the hour and to the bloom named for it.
The poet Mihály Vörösmarty used the name in his epic Zalán futása, published in 1825, which helped bring it into wider use. On a Polish class register today, a Hajnalka would sit as a rare guest among the Zuzannas and Julias. The meaning stays near the surface, and it stays the same: dawn, świt.
How many people are named Hajnalka
1 in 939326 women in Poland is named Hajnalka. 24 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #8770 among female names.
Hajnalka as a middle name
Hajnalka is a first name for 24 women in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 92/8 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 5961st, between Hajar (2) and Hajra (2).
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#5959 Haidi2
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#5960 Hajar2
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#5961 Hajnalka2
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#5962 Hajra2
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#5963 Haley2