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Miroslav

An emerging name in Poland: still rare enough that most Poles have never met one, yet more boys got it last year than in years past. Slavic at root, joining the words for "peace" and "glory".

Miroslav Pronunciation

Alive in 2025
644
Newborns 2025
13
National rank
#1172

What Miroslav means

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

Miroslav is built from two old Slavic roots. The first, mir, means peace; the second, slav, means glory. Put together they give the meaning many Polish families still recognize: peace and glory. The same two pieces turn up across Slavic languages, which is why the name has cousins from the Balkans to Bohemia.

In Poland the spelling shifts. The native form is Mirosław, with Mirosława for a daughter and Mirek as the everyday short version. A boy entered as Mirosław on a school register in September answers to Mirek by the first break.

The two halves balance each other. Peace steadies glory, and glory answers peace. That balance holds through every form the name takes, from Mirosław to Mirosława to plain Mirek.

How many people are named Miroslav

1 in 33146 men in Poland is named Miroslav. 644 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1172 among male names.

People with the name Miroslav 2019 → 2025
644 +371 since 2019
2020 292 +19
2021 328 +36
2022 375 +47
2023 565 +190
2024 604 +39
2025 644 +40

Miroslav's popularity over time

13 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #642 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2016.

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13 newborns with the name Miroslav in 2025
national rank #642 that year

Where parents choose Miroslav

Miroslav is most popular in Holy Cross, 244% above the national average (3 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+183%) and Lubusz (+156%).

Chosen most
  • Holy Cross
    +244%
    1 in 18,478 babies
  • Lower Silesian
    +183%
    1 in 22,448 babies
  • Lubusz
    +156%
    1 in 24,829 babies

Miroslav as a middle name

Miroslav is a first name for 644 men in Poland and a middle name for another 24, a 96/4 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1766th, between Maximilien (24) and Neo (24).

As a first name
644
As a middle name
24
first name 96% middle name 4%
Middle-name ranking men

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