Miroslava
A Slavic name built from roots for peace and glory. Almost unknown in Poland until recently, it has been climbing through the 2020s: most Poles have never met one, though more girls got it last year than in years past.
Miroslava Pronunciation
What Miroslava means
Where Miroslava comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Miroslava is built from two old Slavic roots. Mir means peace, and slava means glory, so the name reads as peace and glory. Its Polish twin is spelled Mirosława, and the masculine Mirosław comes from the same pairing of words.
In daily life the full name rarely survives intact. Mira and Mirka take over among friends and family, short forms that fit a class register better than the formal version. A teacher working down the list might reach Mirosława and hear Mirka answer from the back row.
The two roots have cognates across the Slavic languages, where mir still means both peace and world at once. That double sense gives the name more range than the English gloss shows. Behind Mira and Mirka stand mir and slava, peace and glory.
How many people are named Miroslava
1 in 39551 women in Poland is named Miroslava. 570 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1244 among female names.
Miroslava's popularity over time
25 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #477 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2018.
Where Miroslava is most popular
Miroslava is most popular in West Pomeranian, 280% above the national average (11 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+104%) and Pomeranian (+98%). It is least common in Lesser Poland and Silesian, both 36% below average.
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West Pomeranian11 girls born+280%
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Lower Silesian11 girls born+104%
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Pomeranian10 girls born+98%
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Lubusz3 girls born+76%
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Łódź6 girls born+38%
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Masovian16 girls born+32%
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Greater Poland7 girls born−5%
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Lesser Poland5 girls born−36%
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Silesian5 girls born−36%
Miroslava as a middle name
Miroslava is a first name for 570 women in Poland and a middle name for another 7, a 99/1 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3063rd, between Minerva (7) and Mirtha (7).
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#3061 Micol7
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#3062 Minerva7
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#3063 Miroslava7
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#3064 Mirtha7
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#3065 Mitchel7