Pikria
Greek at root, from a word for "thought". Fewer than 50 women in Poland carry it, so most Poles will never meet one.
Pikria Pronunciation
Pikria is pronounced PEEKR-yah (/ˈpikrja/).
What Pikria means
Where Pikria comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Pikria comes from Greek, tied to the word for thought. In Polish that meaning lands as myśl. Across Greek names, this one leans on the intellect rather than on beauty or war.
The name stays rare. It brings no common diminutives, no cross-gender forms, no saint pinned to a calendar. Polish planners keep no fixed name-day for Pikria, so a girl who bears it often picks her own imieniny.
Read out from a school register, Pikria stands apart among the Zuzannas and Julias. The Greek root lends it a scholarly weight, the sense of a mind at work. No nickname softens it. What it means stays plain and old: thought, myśl.
How many people are named Pikria
1 in 460078 women in Poland is named Pikria. 49 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5434 among female names.