Paraskiewia
Only 33 women in Poland carry it, and not one girl has been given it this century. A Greek name at root, tied to "preparation," the old word for Friday.
Paraskiewia Pronunciation
Paraskiewia is pronounced pah-rahsk-YEV-yah (/paraskˈjɛvja/).
What Paraskiewia means
Where Paraskiewia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Paraskiewia comes from Greek. The source word, Paraskevi (Παρασκευή), named the day of preparation before the Sabbath. In Greek that same word became the ordinary name for Friday. The name means preparation, and Friday stands right behind it.
The most documented bearer is Saint Paraskevi, an early martyr honored across the Eastern Church. Her cult spread west and north through Orthodox and Byzantine devotion, and her name traveled with it into Slavic lands. A related spelling, Paraskewia, sits close beside the Polish form and swaps one letter.
In Poland the name is rare now. A teacher reading it from a class register might slow down at the middle syllables. The meaning stays fixed underneath the spelling. Paraskiewia, Paraskewia, both point back to the Greek word for preparation, and to Friday.
How many people are named Paraskiewia
1 in 683146 women in Poland is named Paraskiewia. 33 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #7037 among female names.
Paraskiewia as a middle name
Paraskiewia is a first name for 33 women in Poland and a middle name for another 8, an 80/20 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2842nd, between Panajota (8) and Paresh (8).
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#2840 Panagiota8
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#2841 Panajota8
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#2842 Paraskiewia8
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#2843 Paresh8
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#2844 Peggy8