Given name

Bożena

“god”

Bożena is a feminine given name. It is used in Polish.

Original CzechBožena

Meaning & origin

What it means

Bożena goes back to a word meaning “god.”

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Where it comes from

Bożena comes from Czech.

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Bożena’s family of names

In Polish usage, Bożena has a diminutive in Bożenka. In Polish usage, Bożena has a related form in Bożenna. In Polish usage, Bożena has a conventional equivalent in the Latvian form Božena.

Walk Bożena’s family in the name graph

BożenaBożenkaBożennaBoženaБоженаBòżena

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Bożena has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Czech roots to each of them.

Czech

Czechwhere Bożena comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Slovak

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Sibling ideas

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