Paraskewia
Just 16 women in Poland carry this Greek name, and no girl has been given it since at least 2000. It comes from a word for "preparation," the Greek name for Friday, the day of getting ready.
Paraskewia Pronunciation
Paraskewia is pronounced pah-rahs-KEV-yah (/parasˈkɛvja/).
What Paraskewia means
Where Paraskewia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Paraskewia comes straight from Greek. The word behind it, Παρασκευή (Paraskevi), means "preparation," and it doubles as the plain Greek name for Friday, the day set aside to get ready before the Sabbath. A calendar word became a person's name.
Christian tradition gave that Friday its charge. Several early martyrs bore the name Paraskevi, and their feast carried it eastward into the Orthodox and Slavic world, where it settled into local dress. Polish took it as Paraskewia, with the variant paraskiewia close beside.
The "preparation" here stays literal. It points to a day of the week, a calendar term pressed into use as a name. On a Polish class register the form reads Paraskewia, four syllables of Greek grammar carried a long way from Athens.
How many people are named Paraskewia
1 in 1408990 women in Poland is named Paraskewia. 16 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #11685 among female names.
Paraskewia as a middle name
Paraskewia is a first name for 16 women in Poland and a middle name for another 3, an 84/16 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 5161st, between Paraskevi (3) and Parisa (3).
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#5159 Pahola3
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#5160 Paraskevi3
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#5161 Paraskewia3
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#5162 Parisa3
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#5163 Parvati3