Natalka
A Slavic name meaning "born on Christmas day". Only about 150 women in Poland carry it, and no newborns get it now: most Poles have never met one.
Natalka Pronunciation
Natalka is pronounced nah-TAHL-kah (/naˈtalka/).
What Natalka means
Where Natalka comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Natalka is the Polish diminutive of Natalia, the affectionate form you reach for once the full name feels too stiff. Behind it stand the variants, Natalia and the spelling nathalia, while nata serves as the shortest version of all. The meaning fastened to the name is born on Christmas day. That sense comes from the Latin natalis, the word for birth and for the birthday of Christ, which Polish absorbed and then reshaped in its own Slavic diminutive form.
A Natalka in a school register often lives under several names at once. The teacher reads Natalia from the list. Classmates call her Natalka. At home she answers to Nata.
The name has never needed decoration to work. Its imieniny sit in the Polish calendar beside Natalia, and the older ones will still tie the day back to its root, born on Christmas.
How many people are named Natalka
1 in 147345 women in Poland is named Natalka. 153 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2624 among female names.
Natalka as a middle name
Natalka is a first name for 153 women in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 99/1 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 6475th, between Natalja (2) and Nathale (2).
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#6473 Nataliya2
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#6474 Natalja2
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#6475 Natalka2
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#6476 Nathale2
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#6477 Natia2