Grzymisława
Only twelve women in Poland carry it, and none have been born this century: most Poles have never met one. A Slavic name meaning "thunder of glory".
Grzymisława Pronunciation
Grzymisława is pronounced gzhih-mees-WAH-vah (/gʐɨmisˈwava/).
What Grzymisława means
Where Grzymisława comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Grzymisława is a Slavic name built from two old roots. One is grzmieć, to thunder. The other is sława, glory and fame. Put together they give the sense the Polish gloss keeps, „grzmi szeroko swoją sławą", a fame that thunders wide. In English the short reading is thunder of glory.
Names of this build once stated a wish for a large life, and one woman took this one deep into Polish history. Grzymisława of Łuck came from a Rus princely family and lived from around 1195 to 1258. She married Leszek the White and became mother to Bolesław the Chaste. Widowed young, she held the regency and defended her son's claim to the throne.
The roots are still audible in ordinary Polish. Grzmot means a thunderclap. Sławny means famous. The masculine variant is grzymisław.
Today the name is rare. A child who carries it on a class register stands out at once, and the reason sits in the sound. Grzymisława means a glory that thunders.
How many people are named Grzymisława
1 in 1878653 women in Poland is named Grzymisława. 12 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #14140 among female names.
Grzymisława as a middle name
Grzymisława is a first name for 12 women in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 71/29 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3617th, between Gracjela (5) and Guillermina (5).
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#3615 Goretta5
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#3616 Gracjela5
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#3617 Grzymisława5
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#3618 Guillermina5
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#3619 Gwidona5