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.
When Borzysław celebrates name day
Borzysław appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 25 May.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
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