Dobrosław
A Slavic name built from two plain words, dobro "good" and sław "glory," giving "good glory": the report you'd want among your neighbours. It's rare enough now that most Poles have never met a Dobrosław, and the ones alive are all men.
Dobrosław Pronunciation
Dobrosław is pronounced dob-ROS-wahf (/dɔbˈrɔswaf/).
What Dobrosław means
Where Dobrosław comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Dobrosław comes from the Slavic naming tradition that builds a name out of two everyday words. The first piece is dobro, good. The second is sław, glory or fame. Together they read as good glory, in Polish dobra sława.
That second element is common currency in Polish. You hear the same sław in Bolesław, Mirosław and Stanisław. It once meant renown, the good report a person had among neighbours, and a name like Dobrosław set that report as good from the start.
The name did not travel alone. Its feminine variant is Dobrosława, and the short form Sława works as a name by itself. Sława is brief. In a school register the full Dobrosław looks formal, while Sława is what a friend would use. The meaning stays close to the surface: dobra sława, good glory.
How many people are named Dobrosław
1 in 96589 men in Poland is named Dobrosław. 221 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2095 among male names.
Dobrosław's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Dobrosław as a middle name
Dobrosław is a first name for 221 men in Poland and a middle name for another 260, a 46/54 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 437th, between Modest (265) and Jürgen (259).
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#435 Emre267
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#436 Modest265
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#437 Dobrosław260
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#438 Jürgen259
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#439 Moshe256