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Vladyslav

The Ukrainian form of the Slavic name behind Polish Władysław, built from roots for "to rule" and "glory": a ruler of renown. Barely seen in Poland until the early 2020s, it now rings familiar, and only boys carry it.

Vladyslav Pronunciation

Alive in 2025
35,978
Newborns 2025
72
National rank
#225

What Vladyslav means

Where Vladyslav comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

The name Vladyslav grows from two old Slavic roots: voloděti, to rule, and slava, glory. Together they give a plain sense, put in Polish as "władca sławy," a ruler of renown.

The Polish variant Władysław carried this meaning into the medieval courts. A king such as Władysław Jagiełło signed treaties under it, and later Polish rulers held the name too. Ukrainian speakers keep the form Vladyslav, and it stays common across Ukraine today.

Among friends the name shortens. A Polish cousin would reach for the diminutive Władek, while the feminine Władysława sits in the same family. On a school register you might find the full Vladyslav standing beside a shorter Władek. The meaning stays plain: a ruler of renown.

How many people are named Vladyslav

1 in 594 men in Poland is named Vladyslav. 35,978 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #225 among male names.

People with the name Vladyslav 2019 → 2025
35,978 +29,998 since 2019
2020 8,237 +2,257
2021 11,039 +2,802
2022 15,724 +4,685
2023 30,513 +14,789
2024 33,297 +2,784
2025 35,978 +2,681

Vladyslav's popularity over time

72 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #288 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2017. Still the #225 name among living men, even as it slips to #288 among newborns.

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72 newborns with the name Vladyslav in 2025
national rank #288 that year

Where parents choose Vladyslav

Vladyslav is most popular in Lubusz, 122% above the national average (17 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+81%) and Masovian (+77%). It is least common in Subcarpathian and Lublin, 84% and 75% below average respectively.

Chosen most
  • Lubusz
    +122%
    1 in 2,921 babies
  • Lower Silesian
    +81%
    1 in 3,571 babies
  • Masovian
    +77%
    1 in 3,652 babies
Chosen least
  • Subcarpathian
    −84%
    1 in 40,188 babies
  • Lublin
    −75%
    1 in 25,669 babies
  • Lesser Poland
    −69%
    1 in 20,629 babies

Vladyslav as a middle name

Vladyslav is a first name for 35,978 men in Poland and a middle name for another 21, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1952nd, between Thaddäus (21) and Volkan (21).

As a first name
35,978
As a middle name
21
first name 100% middle name 0%
Middle-name ranking men

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