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Bogusław

Around 58,000 Polish men carry it, but it barely lands on newborns now: just 42 boys last year. Slavic at root, from Bog, God, and sław, glory, so the name reads as glory of God.

Bogusław Pronunciation

Bogusław is pronounced bo-GOOS-wahf (/bɔˈguswaf/).

Alive in 2025
57,973
Newborns 2025
42
National rank
#170
Next name day
18 December
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What Bogusław means

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

The name breaks into two Slavic pieces: Bog, meaning God, and sław, the root for glory and for praising. Put together, Bogusław reads as "glory of God," or in Polish "sławiący Boga," one who praises God. The parts are old and shared across Slavic tongues, which is why the same roots turn up in the name Bogdan and in the word chwała.

Pomerania gave the name its grandest bearers. The Griffin dukes carried it for generations, and Bogusław X, called the Great, ruled from 1474 and reunited the duchy's divided lands before his death in 1523. His name told everyone whose glory he served.

There is a cross-gender form, Bogusława, and both still appear on the imieniny calendar, where Bogusław keeps his name-day in April.

Picture a school register in Szczecin, the teacher reading "Bogusław" from the list. Short forms answer easier. Boguś does the daily work.

The name means what it always meant: glory of God.

When Bogusław celebrates name day

Bogusław appears 10 times in the Polish name day calendar, 3 of them as a main name, the first on 22 March.

Next name day
18 December
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Name days

The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.

Also celebrates

Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.

How many people are named Bogusław

1 in 368 men in Poland is named Bogusław. 57,973 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #170 among male names.

People with the name Bogusław 2019 → 2025
57,973 −7,003 since 2019
2020 64,427 −549
2021 63,109 −1,318
2022 61,611 −1,498
2023 60,335 −1,276
2024 59,183 −1,152
2025 57,973 −1,210

Bogusław's popularity over time

42 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #378 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2007. Still the #170 name among living men, even as it slips to #378 among newborns.

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42 newborns with the name Bogusław in 2025
national rank #378 that year

Where parents choose Bogusław

Bogusław is most popular in Greater Poland, 105% above the national average (49 boys born 2019–2025), followed by West Pomeranian (+60%) and Pomeranian (+59%). It is least common in Podlaskie and Łódź, 73% and 64% below average respectively.

Chosen most
  • Greater Poland
    +105%
    1 in 4,393 babies
  • West Pomeranian
    +60%
    1 in 5,628 babies
  • Pomeranian
    +59%
    1 in 5,666 babies
Chosen least
  • Podlaskie
    −73%
    1 in 32,893 babies
  • Łódź
    −64%
    1 in 25,344 babies
  • Opole
    −61%
    1 in 23,048 babies

Bogusław as a middle name

Bogusław is a first name for 57,973 men in Poland and a middle name for another 34,860, a 62/38 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 69th, between Bartłomiej (35,214) and Filip (33,718).

As a first name
57,973
As a middle name
34,860
first name 62% middle name 38%
Middle-name ranking men

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