Zoya
A Slavic name meaning "life", always given to girls. Still rare in Poland, the kind most people have never met, but climbing: more baby girls got it last year than in any year before.
Zoya Pronunciation
Zoya is pronounced zo-IH-ah (/zɔˈɨa/).
How many people are named Zoya
1 in 31887 women in Poland is named Zoya. 707 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1111 among female names.
Zoya's popularity over time
41 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #386 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2010.
Where Zoya is most popular
Zoya is most popular in West Pomeranian, 141% above the national average (15 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+84%) and Opole (+77%). It is least common in Łódź and Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 79% and 75% below average respectively.
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West Pomeranian15 girls born+141%
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Masovian48 girls born+84%
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Opole6 girls born+77%
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Pomeranian17 girls born+57%
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Silesian22 girls born+31%
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Lower Silesian15 girls born+30%
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Greater Poland17 girls born+7%
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Lesser Poland9 girls born−46%
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Świętokrzyskie2 girls born−51%
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Warmian-Masurian2 girls born−62%
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Lublin2 girls born−74%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian2 girls born−75%
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Łódź2 girls born−79%
Zoya as a middle name
Zoya is a first name for 707 women in Poland and a middle name for another 34, a 95/5 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1207th, between Wictoria (34) and Anais (33).
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1205
34Wenesa
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1206
34Wictoria
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120734Zoya
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1208
33Anais
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1209
33Athena