Jagusława
Fewer than 40 women in Poland carry it, and not a single girl has been named it this century. Slavic at root: the ending -sława means "glory".
Jagusława Pronunciation
Jagusława is pronounced yah-goos-WAH-vah (/jagusˈwava/).
What Jagusława means
Where Jagusława comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Jagusława belongs to the old Slavic family of two-part names. Its second element, -sława, means glory and fame, the Polish sława. You meet that same piece in Bogusława, Mirosława and Stanisława.
The first element, jagu-, is harder to pin down. Word historians still argue over it. The honest reading rests on the half everyone agrees on. The name promises fame.
Names ending in -sława are old. They reach back before Poland was Christian, when a child's name stated a wish for the whole clan to hear. Jagusława is rare now. On a school register in Poland it would sit alone, unshared by any classmate, and her imieniny would be a date to track down rather than assume.
The given record lists no established diminutives for it. What stays fixed is the ending. Sława. Glory.
How many people are named Jagusława
1 in 626218 women in Poland is named Jagusława. 36 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6599 among female names.
Jagusława as a middle name
Jagusława is a first name for 36 women in Poland and a middle name for another 5, an 88/12 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3655th, between Jada (5) and Janelle (5).
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#3653 Jacgueline5
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#3654 Jada5
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#3655 Jagusława5
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#3656 Janelle5
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#3657 Jarmiła5