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 Natasza is most popular
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 Poland117 girls born+139%
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West Pomeranian44 girls born+129%
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Lubusz20 girls born+77%
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Łódź41 girls born+42%
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Lower Silesian46 girls born+29%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian25 girls born+1%
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Silesian52 girls born+1%
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Pomeranian28 girls born−16%
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Świętokrzyskie9 girls born−29%
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Warmian-Masurian10 girls born−39%
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Masovian44 girls born−45%
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Subcarpathian15 girls born−45%
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Lesser Poland27 girls born−48%
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Lublin9 girls born−61%
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Podlaskie4 girls born−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
2,347Albina
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187
2,331Sławomira
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1882,321Natasza
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189
2,111Inga
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190
2,065Zenobia