Halszka
A rare name most Poles have never met, but one on the way up: more girls got it last year than in years past, and it climbs. At its root the sense "God is my oath."
Halszka Pronunciation
Halszka is pronounced KHAHLSH-kah (/ˈxalʂka/).
What Halszka means
Where Halszka comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Halszka belongs to a Slavic cluster of names. Its everyday relatives are plain and familiar: Halina and Halena serve as fuller variants, while Hala, Halinka, Halka, and Hania are the diminutives people actually call across a room. The short meaning handed down with it is "god is my oath." That sense came to be attached to the name later, since the Slavic root says nothing about swearing an oath.
History gives the name a face. Halszka Ostrogska, a wealthy magnate's daughter born in 1539, was fought over by rival suitors and shut away for much of her short life. Polish writers returned to her story for generations afterward, which kept the older, formal Halszka alive on the page long after it faded from cradles.
On a school register the name stands full and upright, Halszka, though the child answers to Hania by the second lesson. Her imieniny falls with the Halina line. The oath in the meaning is borrowed and old; the diminutive Halka is what actually sticks.
When Halszka celebrates name day
Halszka appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 2 March.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
How many people are named Halszka
1 in 47864 women in Poland is named Halszka. 471 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1364 among female names.
Halszka's popularity over time
15 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #590 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2007.
Where Halszka is most popular
Halszka is most popular in Masovian, 172% above the national average (41 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Greater Poland (+118%) and Lesser Poland (+24%). It is least common in Silesian and Łódź, 79% and 63% below average respectively.
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Masovian41 girls born+172%
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Greater Poland20 girls born+118%
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Lesser Poland12 girls born+24%
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Pomeranian6 girls born−4%
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Lublin4 girls born−8%
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Lower Silesian5 girls born−25%
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Łódź2 girls born−63%
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Silesian2 girls born−79%
Halszka as a middle name
Halszka is a first name for 471 women in Poland and a middle name for another 214, a 69/31 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 462nd, between Izydora (216) and Lorena (213).
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#460 Anika216
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#461 Izydora216
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#462 Halszka214
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#463 Lorena213
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#464 Miłosława213