László
Fewer than 200 men in Poland carry it, and no boy has been given it this century: most Poles will never meet a László. The name is Latin at root, from words meaning "glorious ruler".
László Pronunciation
László is pronounced LÁSHLOO (/láʂlu/).
What László means
Where László comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
László comes to Polish readers wearing Hungarian clothes, and behind it stands the Latin Ladislaus. Scribes wrote Ladislaus into medieval charters and onto royal seals. The accent on the o marks a long Hungarian vowel. The meaning attached to the name is glorious ruler, sławny władca in Polish.
The most famous bearer is Saint László, king of Hungary from 1077 to 1095. He defended the kingdom's eastern border and earned a warrior's fame. The church canonized him in 1192, and his feast falls on 27 June. Hungarians named sons after him for centuries.
The Latin form still shows through the Hungarian spelling. A boy writes László onto a form at the urząd. The record behind that name reaches back to Ladislaus and its glorious ruler.
How many people are named László
1 in 139518 men in Poland is named László. 153 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2622 among male names.
László as a middle name
László is a first name for 153 men in Poland and a middle name for another 51, a 75/25 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1057th, between Levi (51) and Saul (51).
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#1055 Hernando51
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#1056 Levi51
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#1057 László51
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#1058 Saul51
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#1059 Youssef51