Małgorzata
Around 575,000 living Poles carry it, one of the ten most common women's names in the country, yet hardly any newborns get it now. At root it's Greek, from the word for "pearl".
Małgorzata Pronunciation
Małgorzata is pronounced mahw-go-ZHAH-tah (/mawgɔˈʐata/).
What Małgorzata means
Where Małgorzata comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Małgorzata comes from the Greek margaritēs, meaning pearl. Polish preserved the sense exactly: perła. The word passed through Latin as Margarita, then Polish speakers reshaped it, softening the sounds until it settled into the name written on birth records today.
The pearl was valued across the ancient Mediterranean, and the name held that meaning steadily as it moved north. A variant, Margaryta, stays closer to the Greek and Latin in sound. Both point back to the same shell.
Read a Polish class register and you will likely find the name shortened. Teachers call for Gosia, Małgosia, or Gośka, and the child answers to all of them. Only the urząd and the imieniny keep the full Małgorzata in daily use. The pearl stays inside it, perła in Polish.
When Małgorzata celebrates name day
Małgorzata appears 20 times in the Polish name day calendar, 6 of them as a main name, the first on 18 January.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
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in 79 days12 JanuaryTuesday in 2027
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in 151 days25 MarchThursday in 2027
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in 167 days10 AprilSaturday in 2027
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in 170 days13 AprilTuesday in 2027
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in 214 days27 MayThursday in 2027
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in 299 days20 AugustFriday in 2027
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in 306 days27 AugustFriday in 2027
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in 309 days30 AugustMonday in 2027
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in 354 days14 OctoberThursday in 2027
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in 356 days16 OctoberSaturday in 2027
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in 8 days2 NovemberMonday in 2026
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in 22 days16 NovemberMonday in 2026
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in 33 days27 NovemberFriday in 2026
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in 66 days30 DecemberWednesday in 2026
How many people are named Małgorzata
1 in 39 women in Poland is named Małgorzata. 574,660 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6 among female names.
Małgorzata's popularity over time
261 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #158 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000. Still the #6 name among living women, even as it slips to #158 among newborns.
Where parents choose Małgorzata
Małgorzata is most popular in Podlaskie, 30% above the national average (140 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Pomeranian (+30%) and Silesian (+30%). It is least common in Subcarpathian and Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 41% and 27% below average respectively.
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Podlaskie
+30%1 in 470 babies
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Pomeranian
+30%1 in 471 babies
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Silesian
+30%1 in 471 babies
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Subcarpathian
−41%1 in 1,039 babies
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian
−27%1 in 835 babies
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Greater Poland
−18%1 in 745 babies
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Podlaskie+30% 140 born1 in 470 babies+30%
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Pomeranian+30% 313 born1 in 471 babies+30%
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Silesian+30% 483 born1 in 471 babies+30%
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Lesser Poland+8% 401 born1 in 566 babies+8%
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Lower Silesian+5% 269 born1 in 584 babies+5%
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Warmian-Masurian+5% 123 born1 in 584 babies+5%
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Masovian+2% 589 born1 in 601 babies+2%
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Lublin−8% 155 born1 in 662 babies−8%
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Łódź−8% 190 born1 in 667 babies−8%
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Holy Cross−9% 83 born1 in 668 babies−9%
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Opole−11% 67 born1 in 688 babies−11%
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Lubusz−13% 71 born1 in 699 babies−13%
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West Pomeranian−15% 118 born1 in 715 babies−15%
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Greater Poland−18% 289 born1 in 745 babies−18%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−27% 131 born1 in 835 babies−27%
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Subcarpathian−41% 116 born1 in 1,039 babies−41%
Małgorzata as a middle name
Małgorzata is a first name for 574,660 women in Poland and a middle name for another 332,804, a 63/37 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 7th, between Teresa (354,803) and Elżbieta (312,408).
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#5 Ewa372,483
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#6 Teresa354,803
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#7 Małgorzata332,804
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#8 Elżbieta312,408
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#9 Magdalena301,969