Oliana
Almost no one in Poland carries this: twelve women in all, and no newborn girls for as far back as the records go. It's listed as Slavic in origin, though what it means stays unconfirmed in Polish sources.
Oliana Pronunciation
Oliana is pronounced ol-YAH-nah (/ɔlˈjana/).
What Oliana means
Where Oliana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Oliana carries a Slavic origin on its record, though its short meaning travels a long way from any Slavic root. In Hawaiian, oliana names the oleander, a flowering shrub, and that gives the name its plain gloss: "from oleander." The flower sense arrived through the sound of the word rather than from Slavic soil.
So the name holds two readings at once.
Short. On a Polish class register it sits close to Oliwia, familiar enough to read without stumbling, distinct enough to belong to one child. The Slavic filing keeps it grounded in the region, while the oleander meaning lends it colour.
Polish sources do not confirm a settled meaning here, and that gap is honest to report. What can be checked is small and firm: oliana is Hawaiian for oleander, and the name rests on a Slavic origin line.
How many people are named Oliana
1 in 1878653 women in Poland is named Oliana. 12 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #14419 among female names.
Oliana as a middle name
Oliana is a first name for 12 women in Poland and a middle name for another 3, an 80/20 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 5150th, between Olcha (3) and Olina (3).
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#5148 Olajumoke3
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#5149 Olcha3
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#5150 Oliana3
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#5151 Olina3
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#5152 Olwia3