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 parents choose Solomija
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 Poland
+138%1 in 23,916 babies
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Lubusz
+129%1 in 24,829 babies
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Pomeranian
+54%1 in 36,830 babies
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Lesser Poland
−50%1 in 113,458 babies
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Łódź
−10%1 in 63,359 babies
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Greater Poland+138% 9 born1 in 23,916 babies+138%
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Lubusz+129% 2 born1 in 24,829 babies+129%
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Pomeranian+54% 4 born1 in 36,830 babies+54%
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Lower Silesian+45% 4 born1 in 39,284 babies+45%
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Masovian+44% 9 born1 in 39,363 babies+44%
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Lublin+11% 2 born1 in 51,338 babies+11%
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Silesian±0% 4 born1 in 56,896 babies±0%
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Łódź−10% 2 born1 in 63,359 babies−10%
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Lesser Poland−50% 2 born1 in 113,458 babies−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