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/).
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.
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.
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.
Where Bogusław is most popular
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.
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Greater Poland49 boys born+105%
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West Pomeranian15 boys born+60%
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Pomeranian26 boys born+59%
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Świętokrzyskie9 boys born+46%
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Silesian31 boys born+23%
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Masovian45 boys born+14%
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Lower Silesian17 boys born−3%
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Lubusz5 boys born−9%
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Lublin9 boys born−21%
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Warmian-Masurian6 boys born−25%
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Lesser Poland13 boys born−48%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian6 boys born−51%
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Opole2 boys born−61%
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Łódź5 boys born−64%
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Podlaskie2 boys born−73%
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).
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67
39,139Eugeniusz
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68
35,214Bartłomiej
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6934,860Bogusław
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70
33,718Filip
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71
33,341Adrian