From an old Slavic name that was derived from an element meaning "good" combined with slava "glory".
Stanisław
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced:sta-NYEE-swaf
Polish form of Stanislav. Two kings of Poland have borne this name.
Sobiesław
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Polish (Rare)
Pronounced:saw-BYEH-swaf
Derived from Slavic elements, possibly sebe meaning "for oneself", combined with slava meaning "glory". This name (in the Czech form Soběslav) was borne by two 12th-century dukes of Bohemia.
Radosław
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced:ra-DAW-swaf
Derived from the Slavic elements rad "happy, willing" and slava "glory".
Przemysław
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced:pshehn-MI-swaf
Medieval variant of Przemysł, with the addition of the Slavic element slava.
Derived from the Slavic elements chisti "honour" and slava "glory".
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.
Bolesław
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced:baw-LEH-swaf
Derived from the Slavic elements bolye "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.
Bogusław
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced:baw-GOO-swaf
Means "glory of God" from the Slavic elements bogu "god" and slava "glory". This name was borne by several dukes of Pomerania, beginning in the 12th century.