Godzisława
Godzisława pairs godzi-, from godzić "to reconcile", with sława "glory": renown earned through accord, not conflict. It's a genuine rarity now, an old Slavic form most Poles have never met, and one no Polish parent has chosen in over two decades.
Godzisława Pronunciation
Godzisława is pronounced go-jees-WAH-vah (/gɔd͡ʑisˈwava/).
What Godzisława means
Where Godzisława comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Godzisława comes from the Slavic naming tradition, built from two old elements. The first, godzi-, connects to the verb godzić, to reconcile, and to zgoda, meaning accord. The second, sława, means glory, and it appears across Slavic names from Bolesław to Mirosław. Read together, the pieces give fitting or agreeable glory, in Polish sława zgody.
The masculine form is Godzisław. The two names have carried the same construction for a very long time, and both set the idea of accord before the idea of fame.
A name like this once made a small claim: that a person's renown would come through harmony with others rather than conflict. The sense of sława as good repute, earned in peace, settled later, as godzić moved toward its modern meaning of reconciling. On a Polish class register today, Godzisława would stand out, an old form among the Zuzannas and Majas. What holds is the shape underneath, godzi- joined to sława, accord fitted to glory.
How many people are named Godzisława
1 in 4508767 women in Poland is named Godzisława. 5 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #25836 among female names.
Godzisława as a middle name
Godzisława is a first name for 5 women in Poland and a middle name for another 4, a 56/44 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 4113th, between Gisel (4) and Gorgonia (4).
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#4111 Giertruda4
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#4112 Gisel4
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#4113 Godzisława4
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#4114 Gorgonia4
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#4115 Gracie4