Przemysława
Barely a hundred women in Poland carry it, and the birth records show no newborns since 2000. A Slavic name, the feminine pair to Przemysław, reading roughly "cunning and glory."
Przemysława Pronunciation
Przemysława is pronounced pshe-mihs-WAH-vah (/pʂɛmɨsˈwava/).
What Przemysława means
Where Przemysława comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Przemysława begins with the masculine Przemysław, and both split cleanly into two old Slavic parts. The ending "-sław" means glory or fame, the same element that closes Bogusław and Mirosław. The front, "przemysł," points to wit and resourcefulness, a mind that plans ahead. Put together, the name reads as cunning and glory.
The masculine line has a crowned bearer. Przemysł II took the Polish throne in 1295, one of the Piast rulers who revived the kingship. The name grew a family of short forms too: Przemek in everyday speech, Przemko as the older diminutive.
Przemysława stays rarer. It keeps the same spine of thought and renown. On a Polish school register the full form stands out next to a boy's Przemek. A girl who holds this name carries the sense of a sharp, planning mind together with sława, fame that is earned. The Polish gloss keeps it plain: przemyślna, bystra, sława.
How many people are named Przemysława
1 in 216768 women in Poland is named Przemysława. 104 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3356 among female names.
Przemysława as a middle name
Przemysława is a first name for 104 women in Poland and a middle name for another 145, a 42/58 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 543rd, between Hana (147) and Viviana (145).
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#541 Karmen148
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#542 Hana147
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#543 Przemysława145
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#544 Viviana145
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#545 Marieta143