Irosław
Only 65 men in Poland carry it, and not one boy has been given it so far this century. A Slavic name at root, meaning "glorious, famous": one who praises glory.
Irosław Pronunciation
Irosław is pronounced ee-ROS-wahf (/iˈrɔswaf/).
What Irosław means
Where Irosław comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Irosław comes from Slavic roots. The name ends in -sław, the same piece found in Mirosław, Bronisław, and Stanisław. That element traces back to the word sława, meaning glory or fame. The short sense handed down for Irosław is glorious, famous.
The second half of the name speaks plainly. The first half, Iro-, sits less firmly, and no single documented origin fixes what it once meant. So the reliable part of the story is the ending, the -sław that names carried across the whole Slavic world.
Picture a Polish class register. Among a page of common -sław names, an Irosław would read as rare, a bearer of an old form few parents reach for now. The word behind the name holds steady all the same. It is sława, fame.
How many people are named Irosław
1 in 328403 men in Poland is named Irosław. 65 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4520 among male names.
Irosław as a middle name
Irosław is a first name for 65 men in Poland and a middle name for another 20, a 76/24 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1993rd, between Ilyas (20) and Issa (20).
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#1991 Ilmari20
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#1992 Ilyas20
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#1993 Irosław20
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#1994 Issa20
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#1995 Izrael20