Drogosław
Just two men in Poland carry this name, and the birth records show none given since 2000. It's an old Slavic compound of *droga* and *sława*, "dear glory", the kind of name most Poles will never meet in person.
Drogosław Pronunciation
Drogosław is pronounced dro-GOS-wahf (/drɔˈgɔswaf/).
What Drogosław means
Where Drogosław comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Drogosław belongs to an old family of Slavic compound names, the ones stitched from two clear words. Here the words are drogi, "dear," and sława, "glory." Together they read as "dear glory." Names of this kind attach a person to renown, and this one binds that renown to what is held dear.
The second half, sława, runs through many Slavic names: Bogusław, Stanisław, Mirosław. It marks fame or good report. The first half, drogi, still means "dear" or "costly" in Polish today, so the compound stays legible.
Drogosław has a cross-gender partner, Drogosława, built the same way. The name is rare now. When Drogosława turns up on a class register, a reader can still take the two parts apart: dear, and glory.
How many people are named Drogosław
1 in 10673094 men in Poland is named Drogosław. 2 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #48392 among male names.
Drogosław as a middle name
Drogosław is a first name for 2 men in Poland and a middle name for another 6, a 25/75 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4213th, between Doǧukan (6) and Dwight (6).
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#4211 Domosław6
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#4212 Doǧukan6
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#4213 Drogosław6
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#4214 Dwight6
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#4215 Dymitris6