Ligia
From Greek, meaning "clear-voiced". Fewer than 800 women in Poland carry it, and almost no one gives it now: most Poles will never meet a Ligia.
Ligia Pronunciation
Ligia is pronounced LEEG-yah (/ˈligja/).
What Ligia means
Where Ligia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ligia comes from Greek, from the adjective ligys, which described a sound that was clear and carrying. It named the voice of a bird or a plucked lyre string. The short meaning kept for the name, clear-voiced, holds onto exactly that.
One old bearer of the sound was Ligeia, a Siren in Greek myth whose singing was said to be piercingly clear. Her name and Ligia share the root, though the modern name has dropped the myth and kept the plain sense. It arrives with no diminutive, no softer variant, no cross-gender twin.
In Poland the name stays rare. A teacher reading a class register might land on it once and then not again for years.
The Greek left one thing inside it, and the name-day keeps saying it back: czysty głos, a clear voice.
When Ligia celebrates name day
Ligia appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 11 August.
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 Ligia
1 in 28357 women in Poland is named Ligia. 795 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1053 among female names.
Ligia's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Ligia is most popular
Ligia is most popular in Lublin, 952% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Pomeranian (+633%).
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Lublin2 girls born+952%
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Pomeranian2 girls born+633%
Ligia as a middle name
Ligia is a first name for 795 women in Poland and a middle name for another 549, a 59/41 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 306th, between Carolina (550) and Claudia (545).
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#304 Antonia556
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#305 Carolina550
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#306 Ligia549
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#307 Claudia545
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#308 Jarosława542