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Bronisława

A Slavic name meaning "protector of glory". Roughly 20,000 Polish women carry it and no men, but you'd remember meeting one: newborns are few and getting fewer.

Bronisława Pronunciation

Bronisława is pronounced bro-nyees-WAH-vah (/brɔɲisˈwava/).

Alive in 2025
19,808
Newborns 2025
3
National rank
#277
Also celebrates
1 September
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What Bronisława means

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

Bronisława is Slavic in origin. It joins two old roots: bron-, to defend or guard, and sław, glory. Together they give the short meaning recorded for the name, "protector of glory," in Polish broniąca sławy. The sense comes straight from those roots, so the name says plainly what it is built to say.

In daily life the full form steps back. A girl written down as Bronisława at the urząd answers to Bronia at home and to Bronka among friends. The masculine counterpart is Bronisław, made from the very same pair of words.

Poland gives the name a real bearer in Blessed Bronisława of the Odrowąż family, a Norbertine nun who entered the convent at Zwierzyniec near Kraków around 1220 and lived there some forty years. Her feast falls on the first of September, which fixes her as the patron on that day of the calendar. Bronisława is an old name. Whoever carries it still carries broniąca sławy.

When Bronisława celebrates name day

Bronisława appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 1 September.

Next name day
1 September
Wednesday in 2027
Next one in 311 days
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 Bronisława

1 in 1138 women in Poland is named Bronisława. 19,808 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #277 among female names.

People with the name Bronisława 2019 → 2025
19,808 −8,251 since 2019
2020 27,335 −724
2021 25,548 −1,787
2022 23,744 −1,804
2023 22,236 −1,508
2024 20,991 −1,245
2025 19,808 −1,183

Bronisława's popularity over time

3 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1213 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2023. Still the #277 name among living women, even as it slips to #1213 among newborns.

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3 newborns with the name Bronisława in 2025
national rank #1213 that year

Where parents choose Bronisława

Bronisława is most popular in Łódź, 210% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Silesian (+159%) and Lower Silesian (+150%).

Chosen most
  • Łódź
    +210%
    1 in 63,359 babies
  • Silesian
    +159%
    1 in 75,861 babies
  • Lower Silesian
    +150%
    1 in 78,567 babies

Bronisława as a middle name

Bronisława is a first name for 19,808 women in Poland and a middle name for another 24,310, a 45/55 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 78th, between Franciszka (24,600) and Alina (23,919).

As a first name
19,808
As a middle name
24,310
first name 45% middle name 55%
Middle-name ranking women

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