Uliana
From a Slavic root meaning "youthful," it reached Poland mostly through Russian and Ukrainian families. Given only to girls, it rose in the early 2020s and has been easing off since, so meeting one stays memorable.
Uliana Pronunciation
Uliana is pronounced ool-YAH-nah (/ulˈjana/).
What Uliana means
Where Uliana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Uliana grew up in Slavic mouths, most at home in Russian and Ukrainian families. Its short meaning is youthful. Say the name and something young stays in it.
The variant Ulana trims a syllable and holds its own, so a family can lean toward one form or the other without losing the sound. Both cross the border between Russian and Ukrainian with no trouble, since the name has lived on both sides for generations. That double opening vowel does a lot of the work, pulling the mouth wide before the name has finished.
The reading of youthful settled onto Uliana over time, and it fits a name that has often gone to daughters. Picture a class register on the first day of term, a Uliana near the top, the roll call opening on that soft run of vowels. The origin stays Slavic, the meaning stays young, and the short form Ulana waits one step to the side.
How many people are named Uliana
1 in 3157 women in Poland is named Uliana. 7,145 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #423 among female names.
Uliana's popularity over time
24 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #485 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2017. Still the #423 name among living women, even as it slips to #485 among newborns.
Where Uliana is most popular
Uliana is most popular in Lower Silesian, 154% above the national average (17 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lubusz (+137%) and Masovian (+72%). It is least common in Lesser Poland and Pomeranian, 69% and 52% below average respectively.
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Lower Silesian17 girls born+154%
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Lubusz5 girls born+137%
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Masovian26 girls born+72%
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West Pomeranian6 girls born+67%
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Łódź8 girls born+48%
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Silesian13 girls born+34%
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Greater Poland11 girls born+20%
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Pomeranian3 girls born−52%
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Lesser Poland3 girls born−69%
Uliana as a middle name
Uliana is a first name for 7,145 women in Poland and a middle name for another 22, a 100/0 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1547th, between Tetiana (22) and Uta (22).
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1545
22Sandrine
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1546
22Tetiana
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154722Uliana
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1548
22Uta
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1549
22Wiwianna