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Zosia

Only around 330 women in Poland carry Zosia as their registered name, rare enough that most people have never met one on paper. It's Hebrew at root, meaning "wisdom", and after a modest rise through the 2010s it's being given less often again.

Zosia Pronunciation

Zosia is pronounced ZO-shah (/ˈzɔɕa/).

Alive in 2025
329
Newborns 2025
8
National rank
#1668

What Zosia means

Where Zosia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Zosia is the everyday form of Zofia, the name a girl uses at home long before she grows into the fuller version printed on her documents. The variant Sofi sits nearby, and Zofia stands behind both. In a school class register you will find the full Zofia written out, while the friends in that same room say only Zosia.

The origin recorded for the name is Hebrew, and the meaning attached to it is wisdom, in Polish mądrość. That sense has followed the name across borders and centuries without wearing thin.

Poland keeps a date for it. Saint Zofia falls on the fifteenth of May, and old weather lore calls her Zimna Zośka, cold Zosia, one of the chilly mornings that can still nip a garden in the middle of the month. Growers watched that day closely. The meaning stays plain. A child called Zosia is called for wisdom, and behind the small name waits Zofia in full.

How many people are named Zosia

1 in 68522 women in Poland is named Zosia. 329 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1668 among female names.

People with the name Zosia 2019 → 2025
329 +175 since 2019
2020 172 +18
2021 200 +28
2022 235 +35
2023 269 +34
2024 303 +34
2025 329 +26

Zosia's popularity over time

8 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #784 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2009.

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8 newborns with the name Zosia in 2025
national rank #784 that year

Where parents choose Zosia

Zosia is most popular in Lubusz, 275% above the national average (5 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Silesian (+227%) and Pomeranian (+153%). It is least common in Masovian, 79% below average.

Chosen most
  • Lubusz
    +275%
    1 in 9,931 babies
  • Silesian
    +227%
    1 in 11,379 babies
  • Pomeranian
    +153%
    1 in 14,732 babies
Chosen least
  • Masovian
    −79%
    1 in 177,133 babies

Zosia as a middle name

Zosia is a first name for 329 women in Poland and a middle name for another 123, a 73/27 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 593rd, between Carla (123) and Kumari (122).

As a first name
329
As a middle name
123
first name 73% middle name 27%
Middle-name ranking women

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