Cieszysław
Just two men in Poland carry it, and the records since 2000 show no newborns at all. The name joins two old Slavic roots, ciesz- for gladness and -sław for glory: someone whom fame makes glad.
Cieszysław Pronunciation
Cieszysław is pronounced che-SHIHS-wahf (/t͡ɕɛˈʂɨswaf/).
What Cieszysław means
Where Cieszysław comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Cieszysław is a Slavic name built from two old roots. The first, ciesz-, comes from the verb cieszyć, to gladden or to take pleasure. The second, -sław, means glory, and it closes a long line of Polish names, from Bronisław to Stanisław. Together they hold the reading kept in the Polish gloss, tego, którego cieszy sława. In English that runs as to enjoy glory.
The compound is old. Slavic namers once joined a verb to a noble noun so the finished name would read as a whole phrase.
The name has a feminine counterpart, Cieszysława, which follows the same pattern with a softer ending. Neither form is common now. A boy called Cieszysław would likely be the only one on a class register, his name-day a matter for the calendar rather than a crowd. What stays fixed is the build of it, ciesz- for gladness and -sław for glory, a person whom fame makes glad.
How many people are named Cieszysław
1 in 10673094 men in Poland is named Cieszysław. 2 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #47259 among male names.