Dobiesława
Fewer than 40 women in Poland carry it today, so meeting one would stay with you. A Slavic name, the feminine of Dobiesław, built from roots for "brave glory".
Dobiesława Pronunciation
Dobiesława is pronounced dob-yes-WAH-vah (/dɔbjɛsˈwava/).
What Dobiesława means
Where Dobiesława comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Dobiesława comes from Slavic. It joins two old words. The first, `dobie-`, once meant valiant or fit for the task at hand. The second, `-sław`, meant glory. Together they give the meaning Polish still records: słynąca z dzielności, brave glory.
The masculine form, Dobiesław, appears in Polish documents from the medieval period, and the feminine Dobiesława follows the same build. The bravery in the name came first. The glory was its reward, the good name a valiant person earned by deed.
On a Polish calendar the name day falls on 14 May. A child called Dobiesława would find that date in a school class register, her imieniny marked among the rest. The name promises nothing soft. It says brave, then glory.
How many people are named Dobiesława
1 in 578047 women in Poland is named Dobiesława. 39 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6204 among female names.
Dobiesława as a middle name
Dobiesława is a first name for 39 women in Poland and a middle name for another 28, a 58/42 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1338th, between Ciara (28) and Eden (28).
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#1336 Chinyere28
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#1337 Ciara28
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#1338 Dobiesława28
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#1339 Eden28
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#1340 Elli28