Zuzia
Hebrew at root, reaching Polish through Susanna, and it carries the sense of "lily". As an official first name it stays rare: most Poles have met plenty of Zuzannas but almost no girl registered simply as Zuzia, and it goes only to girls.
Zuzia Pronunciation
Zuzia is pronounced ZOO-zhah (/ˈzuʑa/).
What Zuzia means
Where Zuzia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zuzia comes from Hebrew, a short and affectionate form of Zuzanna. The older name goes back to the Hebrew shoshana, which names the lily. So the meaning most Polish parents learn, "lily," in Polish lilia, sits at the very root of the word, not stitched on later.
The full form Zuzanna reaches Polish through the Bible. Susanna appears in the Book of Daniel, falsely accused and then cleared, a figure medieval painters returned to often. From that dignified Zuzanna, Polish speech softened one branch into Zuzia and bent another into the variant Zula.
Zuzia stays short.
Call it out at a plac zabaw and three heads turn. On an official form at the urząd it may read Zuzanna, while the register in class shows Zuzia. Name-days fall on more than one date, with 24 May among the common ones for Zuzanna. The affection in the name is audible, yet the thing underneath is botanical and old: a Hebrew word for the lily.
How many people are named Zuzia
1 in 469663 women in Poland is named Zuzia. 48 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5518 among female names.
Zuzia's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Where Zuzia is most popular
Zuzia is most popular in Silesian, 850% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Silesian2 girls born+850%
Zuzia as a middle name
Zuzia is a first name for 48 women in Poland and a middle name for another 21, a 70/30 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1595th, between Wladyslawa (21) and Adelaide (20).
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#1593 Tatjana21
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#1594 Wladyslawa21
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#1595 Zuzia21
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#1596 Adelaide20
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#1597 Alyssa20