Solomija
A Ukrainian name that only reached Polish records in the last decade, still rare enough that most Poles have never met one. At root it's Hebrew, from a word meaning peace.
Solomija Pronunciation
Solomija is pronounced so-lo-MEE-yah (/sɔlɔˈmija/).
What Solomija means
Where Solomija comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Solomija reaches Polish through Ukrainian, though its root is Hebrew. It grows from shalom, peace, the word Polish renders as pokój. The masculine Solomon shares that root. The nearest Polish relative is the variant Salomea, worn by the 13th-century Piast princess later beatified as Bł. Salomea.
The name belongs, above all, to one singer. Solomija Kruszelnicka (1872 to 1952) was a Ukrainian soprano from a Galician village near Tarnopol. In 1904 she sang the lead in a revised Madama Butterfly at Brescia, and the opera Puccini had watched fail at La Scala became a success. Abroad her name shifted to Salomea and Salomé, one voice under several spellings.
Peace sits inside the name without describing the life. Kruszelnicka toured Europe, then returned to a Lwów redrawn by borders. The meaning stayed pokój.
On a Polish class register today, Salomea turns up more often than Solomija. Both trace back to the same Hebrew peace.
How many people are named Solomija
1 in 151301 women in Poland is named Solomija. 149 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2664 among female names.
Solomija's popularity over time
4 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1147 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2017.
Where Solomija is most popular
Solomija is most popular in Greater Poland, 138% above the national average (9 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lubusz (+129%) and Pomeranian (+54%). It is least common in Lesser Poland and Łódź, 50% and 10% below average respectively.
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Greater Poland9 girls born+138%
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Lubusz2 girls born+129%
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Pomeranian4 girls born+54%
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Lower Silesian4 girls born+45%
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Masovian9 girls born+44%
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Lublin2 girls born+11%
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Silesian4 girls born0%
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Łódź2 girls born−10%
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Lesser Poland2 girls born−50%
Solomija as a middle name
Solomija is a first name for 149 women in Poland and a middle name for another 6, a 96/4 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3426th, between Sobiesława (6) and Sudhakar (6).
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#3424 Sita6
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#3425 Sobiesława6
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#3426 Solomija6
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#3427 Sudhakar6
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#3428 Sundari6