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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/).

Alive in 2025
574,660
Newborns 2025
261
National rank
#6

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.

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.

People with the name Małgorzata 2019 → 2025
574,660 -11,959 since 2019
2020 585,892 -727
2021 583,972 -1,920
2022 581,732 -2,240
2023 579,481 -2,251
2024 577,214 -2,267
2025 574,660 -2,554

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.

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261 newborns with the name Małgorzata in 2025
national rank #158 that year

Where Małgorzata is most popular

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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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).

As a first name
574,660
As a middle name
332,804
first name 63% middle name 37%
Middle-name ranking women

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