Koleta
Barely 125 Polish women carry it, and not one newborn has taken it since 2000: most Poles have never met a Koleta. Greek at root, from a name meaning "victory of the people".
Koleta Pronunciation
Koleta is pronounced ko-LE-tah (/kɔˈlɛta/).
What Koleta means
Where Koleta comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Koleta comes from Greek. Its meaning gathers two old words: nikē, victory, and laos, the people. Together they read as "victory of the people." Those same roots sit behind Nikolaos, the name Poland shortened into Mikołaj, so Koleta belongs to that family while keeping its own compact shape.
One historical bearer gives the name a fixed date. Colette of Corbie, Koleta in Polish, was born in France in 1381 and died in 1447. She reformed the Poor Clares and founded a branch of the order still named after her. The Church keeps her feast on 6 March, and the Polish calendar marks Koleta that same day.
An imieniny card for Koleta points back through French Colette to Greek nikē and laos, victory and the people.
When Koleta celebrates name day
Koleta appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 6 March.
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 Koleta
1 in 180351 women in Poland is named Koleta. 125 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3001 among female names.
Koleta as a middle name
Koleta is a first name for 125 women in Poland and a middle name for another 62, a 67/33 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 866th, between Giselle (62) and Mari (62).
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#864 Elsa62
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#865 Giselle62
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#866 Koleta62
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#867 Mari62
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#868 Nikolina62