Behind the Name: FlakyMatt's Personal Name List

Bogusław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish

Pronounced: baw-GOO-swaf

Means "glory of God" from the Slavic elements bogŭ "god" and slava "glory". This name was borne by several dukes of Pomerania, beginning in the 12th century.

Bolesław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish

Pronounced: baw-LEH-swaf

Derived from Slavic boľe "more, greater" and slava "glory". This was the name of kings of Poland, starting in the 11th century with the first Polish king Bolesław the Brave.

Bronisław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish

Pronounced: braw-NYEE-swaf

Derived from the Slavic elements borna "protection" and slava "glory". A famous Polish anthropologist, Bronisław Malinowski (1884-1942), has borne this name.

Czesław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish

Pronounced: CHEHS-waf

Derived from the Slavic elements čĭstĭ "honour" and slava "glory".

Dobrosław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish

Pronounced: daw-BRAW-swaf

Polish form of Dobroslav.

Jarosław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish

Pronounced: ya-RAW-swaf

Polish form of Yaroslav.

Lechosław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish

Pronounced: leh-KHAW-swaf

Derived from (possibly) the Polish name Lech combined with the Slavic element slava meaning "glory".

Lesław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish

Pronounced: LEH-swaf

Short form of Lechosław.

Mieczysław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish

Pronounced: myeh-CHI-swaf

Possibly derived from the Slavic elements mečĭ "sword" and slava "glory".

Miłosław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish (Rare)

Pronounced: mee-WAW-swaf

Polish cognate of Miloslav.

Mirosław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish

Pronounced: mee-RAW-swaf

Polish form of Miroslav.

Mścisław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish (Rare)

Pronounced: MSHCHEES-waf

Polish form of Mstislav.

Przemysław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish

Pronounced: psheh-MI-swaf

Medieval variant of Przemysł, with the addition of the Slavic element slava "glory".

Radosław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish

Pronounced: ra-DAW-swaf

Derived from the Slavic elements radŭ "happy, willing" and slava "glory".

Sobiesław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish (Rare)

Pronounced: saw-BYEH-swaf

Derived from Slavic elements, probably sebě "to oneself" and slava "glory". This name (in the Czech form Soběslav) was borne by two 12th-century dukes of Bohemia.

Stanisław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish

Pronounced: sta-NYEE-swaf

Polish form of Stanislav. Two kings of Poland have borne this name, as well as a few saints.

Sulisław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish (Archaic)

Pronounced: soo-LEE-swaf

Derived from Slavic sulěi meaning "better" or "promise" combined with slava meaning "glory".

Świętosław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish (Archaic)

Pronounced: shfyehn-TAW-swaf

Polish form of Svyatoslav.

Więcesław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish (Archaic)

Older Polish form of Veceslav (see Václav).

Wielisław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish (Rare)

Pronounced: vyeh-LEE-swaf

Derived from the Slavic elements velĭ "great" and slava "glory".

Wiesław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish

Pronounced: VYEH-swaf

Contracted form of Wielisław.

Wisław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish (Rare)

Pronounced: VEE-swaf

Contracted form of Witosław.

Władysław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish

Pronounced: vwa-DI-swaf

Polish form of Vladislav. This was the name of four kings of Poland.

Włodzisław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish (Archaic)

Pronounced: vwaw-JEE-swaf

Old Polish form of Vladislav.

Zdzisław

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polish

Pronounced: ZHJEE-swaf

Slavic name, possibly from the element děti "to do, to say" combined with slava "glory".