Łesia
Just 28 women in Poland carry it, so most people here will never meet one. A Slavic name with Ukrainian roots, it means "defender of people".
Łesia Pronunciation
Łesia is pronounced WE-shah (/ˈwɛɕa/).
What Łesia means
Where Łesia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Łesia is a Ukrainian name with Slavic roots, and Polish families meet it most often through Ukrainian neighbours and Ukrainian books. The short meaning attached to it is "defender of people." That sense comes from Oleksandra, the fuller name behind the pet form, and it settled on Łesia as an inheritance rather than as a literal reading of the Slavic word.
The best known bearer is Lesya Ukrainka, born Larysa Kosach in 1871, one of the central figures of Ukrainian literature. She took Lesya, a home form of her name, and made it a signature. Through her the name reads as literary and firm, which suits "defender of people" well.
On an official form at the urząd, Łesia keeps its barred Ł, the letter that marks its Ukrainian home. Łesia has no Polish diminutive. It stands as it is, Łesia, meaning defender of people.
How many people are named Łesia
1 in 805137 women in Poland is named Łesia. 28 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #7976 among female names.
Łesia as a middle name
Łesia is a first name for 28 women in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 93/7 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 7034th, between Łada (2) and Żanett (2).
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#7032 Ümran2
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#7033 Łada2
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#7034 Łesia2
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#7035 Żanett2
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#7036 Żarmena2