Branislav
Fewer than a hundred men in Poland carry it, and no boy has been given it since 2000. A Slavic name meaning "defender of glory", close kin to the more familiar Bronisław.
Branislav Pronunciation
What Branislav means
Where Branislav comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Branislav grows from two Slavic roots. The first, "bran," traces to the verb braniti, to defend or to guard. The second, "slav," means glory. Together they yield the sense kept in Polish as obrońca sławy, defender of glory.
Polish readers meet a close cousin almost at once. Bronisław is the familiar variant here, and it shortens to the warm Bronek. The feminine form is Bronisława.
The name belongs to a wide Slavic family. Serbs, Slovaks, and Czechs carry Branislav today, while Poland leans toward Bronisław on a school register or a form at the urząd. Same building blocks, different local shape.
Defense sits inside the name. The root means guarding, plainly. The glory being defended could be a family reputation or a good name. Its Polish twin Bronisław keeps the pairing of guard and glory, and shortens to Bronek.
How many people are named Branislav
1 in 288462 men in Poland is named Branislav. 74 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4156 among male names.
Branislav as a middle name
Branislav is a first name for 74 men in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 97/3 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 7373rd, between Branimir (2) and Brave (2).
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#7371 Brandan2
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#7372 Branimir2
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#7373 Branislav2
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#7374 Brave2
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#7375 Brennan2