FlakyMatt's Personal Name List

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.
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.
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 chisti "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 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
Derived from the Slavic element mechi "sword" combined with slava "glory".
Miłosław
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish (Rare)
Pronounced: myee-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: pshehn-MI-swaf
Medieval variant of Przemysł, with the addition of the Slavic element slava.
Radosław
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: ra-DAW-swaf
Derived from the Slavic elements rad "happy, willing" and slava "glory".
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.
Stanisław
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: sta-NYEE-swaf
Polish form of Stanislav. Two kings of Poland have borne this name.
Sulisław
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish (Archaic)
Pronounced: soo-LEE-swaf
From an old Slavic name that was derived from an element meaning "good" combined with slava "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 Václav.
Wielisław
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish (Rare)
Pronounced: vyeh-LEE-swaf
From an old Slavic name meaning "great glory".
Wiesław
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: VYEH-swaf
Short form of Wielisław.
Wisław
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish (Rare)
Pronounced: VYEE-swaf
Short form of Wielisław.
Władysław
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: vwa-DI-swaf
Polish cognate of Vladislav. This was the name of four kings of Poland.
Włodzisław
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish (Archaic)
Pronounced: vwaw-JEE-swaf
Polish cognate of Vladislav.
Zdzisław
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: ZHJEE-swaf
Derived from the Slavic elements zidati "build" and slava "glory".
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