Nawojka
A Slavic name that means "best warrior", given only to girls. Just over a hundred women in Poland carry it, so meeting one would stay with you.
Nawojka Pronunciation
Nawojka is pronounced nah-VOY-kah (/naˈvɔjka/).
What Nawojka means
Where Nawojka comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Nawojka comes from Slavic soil, assembled from old words for battle. The core of it is „woj," the root that named a warrior in the early Slavic tongue, the same piece that sits inside Wojciech. Add the sense of "best" and you reach the meaning kept for Nawojka: best warrior.
The name comes with a famous legend. Polish tradition gives it to a young woman who, in the early fifteenth century, cut her hair, put on men's clothes, and enrolled at the Kraków academy, where women could not study. She was discovered. In most tellings she is pardoned and later teaches.
Today the name is rare. A teacher reading a class register in Kraków would slow at it. Nawojka names a warrior, and the best of them.
How many people are named Nawojka
1 in 216768 women in Poland is named Nawojka. 104 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3354 among female names.
Nawojka's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Nawojka is most popular
Nawojka is most popular in Lesser Poland, 281% above the national average (6 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lublin (+181%) and Greater Poland (+168%).
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Lesser Poland6 girls born+281%
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Lublin2 girls born+181%
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Greater Poland4 girls born+168%
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Masovian3 girls born+22%
Nawojka as a middle name
Nawojka is a first name for 104 women in Poland and a middle name for another 73, a 59/41 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 786th, between Maryna (73) and Vittoria (73).
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#784 Ludomiła73
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#785 Maryna73
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#786 Nawojka73
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#787 Vittoria73
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#788 Zara73