Dobromił
A Slavic name built from roots meaning "good and dear". It stays rare, one most Poles have never met, but the handful of boys given it each year points up: this is a name on its way back rather than fading.
Dobromił Pronunciation
Dobromił is pronounced dob-RO-meew (/dɔbˈrɔmiw/).
What Dobromił means
Where Dobromił comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Dobromił is built from two Old Slavic roots. The first, dobro, means good. The second, mił, means dear or gracious. Put together they give the short meaning that dictionaries still record: good and dear.
Names like this were common among the early Slavs, who joined two good words into one. The result named a person for goodwill toward others. The feminine form, Dobromiła, does the same work for a girl, and the two names have always traveled as a pair.
The name faded from daily use, then returned among Polish parents who prefer old native forms to imported saints' names. On a class register today, a Dobromił stands out beside the Jakubs and Kacpers. His name-day is not tied to a single feast, so families often mark it near other Dobro- names.
Read it slowly and the meaning sits on the surface: good, and dear.
How many people are named Dobromił
1 in 395300 men in Poland is named Dobromił. 54 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5068 among male names.
Dobromił's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1527 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2023.
Dobromił as a middle name
Dobromił is a first name for 54 men in Poland and a middle name for another 43, a 56/44 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1201st, between Dmytro (43) and Domingo (43).
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#1199 Ayomide43
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#1200 Dmytro43
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#1201 Dobromił43
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#1202 Domingo43
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#1203 Januariusz43