Myroslav
The Ukrainian form of Mirosław, Slavic for "peace and glory". Nearly all of its roughly 2,900 bearers in Poland are men, and most arrived only in the last few years.
Myroslav Pronunciation
What Myroslav means
Where Myroslav comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Myroslav is a Slavic compound name, formed from mir, peace, and slav, glory. Ukrainian speakers carry the form Myroslav, while across the border the same name settles into the Polish Mirosław. The meaning usually read from it is peace and glory, closer in spirit to one who makes peace renowned.
Everyday use softens it to Mirek. A woman with the same roots is Mirosława. In a Ukrainian school register the full Myroslav might sit beside a dozen shorter names, formal on the page and little used at recess.
The mir element appears across Slavic languages, where it means both peace and the world, the same root behind Ukrainian words for calm. Names like this were built to say something plain about their bearer. And Myroslav says peace with glory attached.
How many people are named Myroslav
1 in 7435 men in Poland is named Myroslav. 2,875 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #602 among male names.
Myroslav's popularity over time
17 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #559 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2021.
Where Myroslav is most popular
Myroslav is most popular in Lubusz, 522% above the national average (10 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+136%) and Masovian (+48%). It is least common in Silesian and Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 46% and 44% below average respectively.
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Lubusz10 boys born+522%
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Lower Silesian12 boys born+136%
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Masovian17 boys born+48%
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Łódź6 boys born+46%
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Opole2 boys born+34%
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Lesser Poland7 boys born−5%
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Warmian-Masurian2 boys born−14%
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Greater Poland6 boys born−14%
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West Pomeranian2 boys born−27%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian2 boys born−44%
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Silesian4 boys born−46%
Myroslav as a middle name
Myroslav is a first name for 2,875 men in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 8373rd, between Myoung (2) and Myroslaw (2).
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8371
2Mykolay
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8372
2Myoung
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83732Myroslav
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8374
2Myroslaw
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8375
2Mücahit