Złata
A Slavic name meaning "golden", carried in Ukrainian and Russian tradition. It stays rare in Poland: only about 54 women bear it, and most Poles have never met one.
Złata Pronunciation
Złata is pronounced ZWAH-tah (/ˈzwata/).
What Złata means
Where Złata comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Złata grows from the Slavic root that gives Polish "złoto," gold, and "złota," golden. The name means exactly that. Across Ukrainian and Russian usage, Zlata has stayed close to metal and colour, a person named for the brightest thing a Slavic tongue could point at.
The word travels through cognates. Czech "zlato," Croatian "zlato," Russian "zoloto" all sit beside it, so a bearer named Złata stands inside a family of words spread across the Slavic map. The meaning never drifted far. Where some names pick up a moral gloss over centuries, this one kept its literal sense.
In Poland the name reads as an import. Ukrainian and Russian speakers carry it more than Polish ones do, and on a Polish class register it marks a child from a family that speaks one of those languages.
Say the meaning plainly. Złata is golden.
How many people are named Złata
1 in 417478 women in Poland is named Złata. 54 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5119 among female names.
Złata's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Złata is most popular
Złata is most popular in Greater Poland, 402% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Silesian (+375%).
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Greater Poland2 girls born+402%
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Silesian2 girls born+375%
Złata as a middle name
Złata is a first name for 54 women in Poland and a middle name for another 4, a 93/7 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 4511th, between Zytta (4) and Ánh (4).
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#4509 Zuri4
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#4510 Zytta4
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#4511 Złata4
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#4512 Ánh4
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#4513 Ðông4