Given name & surname · also Polish
Kania
Kania is a surname from Polish, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in English and Polish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Kania comes from Polish, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Polish Kania, from Lower Sorbian kanja//kańa, from Proto-Slavic *kaňa.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kania through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 613
- 0 boys · 613 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −63%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 49 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 574 as a first name in 2020; 2,755 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kania’s family of names
In Greek usage, Kania as a surname is a transliteration of Κάνια. In Greek usage, Kania as a surname is a transliteration of Κανιά.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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