Borzysław
Two old Slavic roots build it: bor- for battle, -sław for glory, giving a name that reads as glory in battle. It sits among the rarest names given to boys in Poland, a form most Poles will never meet in person.
Borzysław Pronunciation
Borzysław is pronounced bo-ZHIHS-wahf (/bɔˈʐɨswaf/).
What Borzysław means
Where Borzysław comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Borzysław comes from two Slavic roots. The first, bor-, means to fight or do battle. The second, -sław, means glory. Together they carry the meaning recorded for the name: glory in battle.
Old Polish built many names in this pattern, pairing a strong first element with -sław. Bolesław, Mścisław and Zdzisław share that second half. Borzysław belongs to the same family, and its opening element leans toward the one who fights.
The name is old and now rare. A teacher reading it from an imieniny list at the front of the class would meet a form that predates the country's Christian records. Few boys answer to it today.
What survives is the plain sense of the two parts. Bor-, the battle. Sław, the glory. Read straight, Borzysław still means glory in battle.
How many people are named Borzysław
1 in 4269238 men in Poland is named Borzysław. 5 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #25229 among male names.
Borzysław as a middle name
Borzysław is a first name for 5 men in Poland and a middle name for another 3, a 63/37 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 6067th, between Bongani (3) and Botond (3).
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#6065 Bon3
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#6066 Bongani3
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#6067 Borzysław3
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#6068 Botond3
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#6069 Boudewijn3