Gosława
Only about 27 women in Poland carry Gosława, and no newborn has been given it in over twenty years. The name is Slavic, built to mean "glory of a guest".
Gosława Pronunciation
Gosława is pronounced gos-WAH-vah (/gɔsˈwava/).
What Gosława means
Where Gosława comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Gosława belongs to the old Slavic pattern of two-part names. The second element, `-sława`, means glory or fame, and it survives on its own as the diminutive Sława. The first part points to gość, a guest. Put together, the name reads as "glory of a guest," the honour owed to someone who arrives at your door.
That reading tells us how early Slavs treated hospitality. A guest was a person to whom fame and respect were due. The cross-gender form Gosław carries the same two roots for a boy.
Names in `-sław` run deep in Polish record, from Bogusław to Mścisław. Gosława sits among them, less common today than its cousins.
On a name-day register or an urząd form, Gosława stands out now. Sława does the everyday work. The full name keeps its old bargain with the visitor at the threshold: chwała gościa, the glory of the one who comes.
When Gosława celebrates name day
Gosława appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 18 April.
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 Gosława
1 in 834957 women in Poland is named Gosława. 27 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #8058 among female names.
Gosława as a middle name
Gosława is a first name for 27 women in Poland and a middle name for another 14, a 66/34 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1993rd, between Gianna (14) and Hatice (14).
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#1991 Germaine14
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#1992 Gianna14
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#1993 Gosława14
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#1994 Hatice14
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#1995 Hayley14