Bohuslava
A Slavic name meaning "god's glory". Only about 33 women in Poland carry it, no newborns in years, so most Poles have never met one.
Bohuslava Pronunciation
What Bohuslava means
Where Bohuslava comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Bohuslava grows from two old Slavic roots: bog, meaning god, and slava, meaning glory. Read together they give god's glory. The same pair of roots built names all across the Slavic world, so a Czech or Slovak family says Bohuslav where a Polish family writes Bogusław. The feminine has its Polish twin in Bogusława.
The cross-gender form Bogusław is genuinely old. Dukes of medieval Pomerania carried it, among them Bogusław I of the Griffin dynasty, who ruled from 1156 until his death in 1187. From the same root a girl becomes Bogusia at home, the warm short form her family reaches for.
The meaning is god's glory. A Bogusława today might meet her full name only on a form at the urząd, while the class register at school and everyone she knows shortens her to Bogusia. Nine centuries on, the roots still spell out sława boga.
How many people are named Bohuslava
1 in 683146 women in Poland is named Bohuslava. 33 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6957 among female names.