Lika
A Slavic name meaning "face" or "countenance". Only around 230 women in Poland carry it, so most people here have never met one, and the last two years brought just a handful of girls.
Lika Pronunciation
Lika is pronounced LEE-kah (/ˈlika/).
What Lika means
Where Lika comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Lika grows from a Slavic root that means face. In Old Church Slavonic the word lik named the human face, and it later came to mean the painted face of a saint on an icon. Polish still carries that root in lice and oblicze, everyday words for the face a person turns toward others. The short meaning, twarz, sits right next to the origin here.
Lika does not hide behind a metaphor. It points straight at countenance, at the look someone shows. The name stays close to what its root said a thousand years ago, when lik meant simply the front of a face.
Read from a class register, Lika is short and lands fast. A teacher calling it during roll needs one breath. On an official form at the urząd it fills little space, four letters and done.
How many people are named Lika
1 in 98876 women in Poland is named Lika. 228 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2059 among female names.
Lika's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Lika is most popular
Lika is most popular in Greater Poland, 904% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Greater Poland2 girls born+904%
Lika as a middle name
Lika is a first name for 228 women in Poland and a middle name for another 3, a 99/1 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 4978th, between Liel (3) and Lilibet (3).
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#4976 Lidiia3
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#4977 Liel3
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#4978 Lika3
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#4979 Lilibet3
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#4980 Lilijana3