Ketevan
Ketevan comes from Georgia, with roots outside the Greek and Latin families that shaped most Polish names. Just 236 women in Poland carry it, so meeting one would stay with you.
Ketevan Pronunciation
What Ketevan means
Where Ketevan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ketevan comes from Georgia, and its roots sit outside the Greek and Latin families that shaped so many Polish names. The name has been read as "lady of the house", a woman who holds a household together. Its oldest sense stays uncertain, and Georgian scholars have not settled on a single source.
What is certain is the woman who made the name famous. Ketevan of Kakheti was a queen who died in 1624 in Shiraz, in Persia, executed after refusing to abandon her Christian faith. The Georgian Orthodox Church honors her as a martyr. Her story fixed the name in Georgian memory.
In Poland the name is rare. A child called Ketevan on a school register would stand out at once.
The Polish gloss reaches for "bogini", a goddess, and lends the name a sense of purity. That reading came later, layered onto a name whose Georgian meaning points instead toward the lady of the house.
How many people are named Ketevan
1 in 95525 women in Poland is named Ketevan. 236 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2022 among female names.