Natasza
A Slavic form of Natasha, from a root meaning "born on Christmas Day". Fashionable through the 2010s in Poland, it's fading fast now, given to only a handful of girls each year and never to boys.
Natasza Pronunciation
Natasza is pronounced nah-TAH-shah (/naˈtaʂa/).
What Natasza means
Where Natasza comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Natasza reached Polish through Russian, and it keeps that eastern colouring even now. Readers of Tolstoy meet it as Natasha, the variant that turned this name into a heroine. Behind both stands Natalia, the fuller form. The root reaches back to Hebrew.
The meaning handed down with it is "born on Christmas day," narodzona w Boże Narodzenie. That sense fixed the name to a single date on the calendar, so a girl called Natasza was once read as a child of midwinter and of the feast itself. The association came to the name over time rather than at its first root.
Picture a class register in a Polish school, Natalia and Natasza a few lines apart, near cousins in the same list. On her imieniny the name points toward late July, then toward December again. The short meaning stays fixed: born on Christmas day.
How many people are named Natasza
1 in 2493 women in Poland is named Natasza. 9,043 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #375 among female names.
Natasza's popularity over time
19 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #523 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000. Still the #375 name among living women, even as it slips to #523 among newborns.
Where parents choose Natasza
Natasza is most popular in Greater Poland, 139% above the national average (117 girls born 2019–2025), followed by West Pomeranian (+129%) and Lubusz (+77%). It is least common in Podlaskie and Lublin, 73% and 61% below average respectively.
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Greater Poland
+139%1 in 1,840 babies
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West Pomeranian
+129%1 in 1,919 babies
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Lubusz
+77%1 in 2,483 babies
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Podlaskie
−73%1 in 16,447 babies
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Lublin
−61%1 in 11,408 babies
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Lesser Poland
−48%1 in 8,404 babies
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Greater Poland+139% 117 born1 in 1,840 babies+139%
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West Pomeranian+129% 44 born1 in 1,919 babies+129%
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Lubusz+77% 20 born1 in 2,483 babies+77%
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Łódź+42% 41 born1 in 3,091 babies+42%
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Lower Silesian+29% 46 born1 in 3,416 babies+29%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian+1% 25 born1 in 4,375 babies+1%
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Silesian+1% 52 born1 in 4,377 babies+1%
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Pomeranian−16% 28 born1 in 5,261 babies−16%
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Holy Cross−29% 9 born1 in 6,159 babies−29%
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Warmian-Masurian−39% 10 born1 in 7,179 babies−39%
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Masovian−45% 44 born1 in 8,051 babies−45%
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Subcarpathian−45% 15 born1 in 8,038 babies−45%
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Lesser Poland−48% 27 born1 in 8,404 babies−48%
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Lublin−61% 9 born1 in 11,408 babies−61%
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Podlaskie−73% 4 born1 in 16,447 babies−73%
Natasza as a middle name
Natasza is a first name for 9,043 women in Poland and a middle name for another 2,321, an 80/20 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 188th, between Sławomira (2,331) and Inga (2,111).
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#186 Albina2,347
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#187 Sławomira2,331
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#188 Natasza2,321
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#189 Inga2,111
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#190 Zenobia2,065