Orysia
A Slavic name that comes into Polish from Ukrainian, meaning "peace". Fewer than 800 women here carry it and most Poles have never met one: just two girls were named Orysia last year.
Orysia Pronunciation
Orysia is pronounced o-RIH-shah (/ɔˈrɨɕa/).
What Orysia means
Where Orysia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Orysia grows out of the Slavic naming world, and in Ukrainian homes it is an everyday, affectionate form. The short meaning attached to it is peace, which a Polish speaker renders as pokój.
That reading of peace settled on the name over time rather than sitting in its oldest Slavic roots, where sound and fondness did more of the work than any single dictionary word. It travels easily between Ukrainian and Polish, familiar on both sides of the border. Still, the meaning holds. A child answers to Orysia across a room.
Picture a class register at a Polish school, Orysia written among names of Ukrainian descent, waiting for its turn on an imieniny. The name asks for little. What it gives is steady and plain: peace, pokój.
How many people are named Orysia
1 in 28645 women in Poland is named Orysia. 787 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1056 among female names.
Orysia's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1776 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024. Still the #1056 name among living women, even as it slips to #1776 among newborns.
Orysia as a middle name
Orysia is a first name for 787 women in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 99/1 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3795th, between Orianna (5) and Otilia (5).
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#3793 Ora5
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#3794 Orianna5
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#3795 Orysia5
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#3796 Otilia5
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#3797 Otylda5