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Miłosława

A Slavic name built from roots for "dear" and "glory". It has always stayed rare: only about 500 women in Poland carry it, and the few girls given it each year have been thinning out lately.

Miłosława Pronunciation

Miłosława is pronounced mee-wos-WAH-vah (/miwɔsˈwava/).

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Miłosław
Alive in 2025
517
Newborns 2025
5
National rank
#1297
Next name day
2 February
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What Miłosława means

Where Miłosława comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Miłosława is one of the old Slavic compound names, built from two roots that Poles still recognize. The first, miło-, means dear or loving. The second, -sława, means glory or fame. Together they give the meaning the dictionaries record: dear, loving glory, or in Polish miła, godna sławy. The masculine counterpart is Miłosław, and the two forms have travelled side by side for a long time.

Names of this shape were common among the early Slavs, who liked to join a warm word to a word for renown. Bogusław, Bronisław, Stanisław all follow the pattern. Miłosława sits in that family.

On a class register the name stands out among the Zuzannas and Julias, four syllables long. It is rare now. That rarity gives it a certain standing. Whether written in full or shortened among friends, it keeps both roots in plain sight: miło, dear, and sława, glory.

When Miłosława celebrates name day

Miłosława appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 2 February.

Next name day
2 February
Tuesday in 2027
Next one in 100 days
Name days

The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.

How many people are named Miłosława

1 in 43605 women in Poland is named Miłosława. 517 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1297 among female names.

People with the name Miłosława 2019 → 2025
517 +46 since 2019
2020 475 +4
2021 482 +7
2022 488 +6
2023 494 +6
2024 505 +11
2025 517 +12

Miłosława's popularity over time

5 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #944 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2012.

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5 newborns with the name Miłosława in 2025
national rank #944 that year

Where parents choose Miłosława

Miłosława is most popular in Silesian, 113% above the national average (11 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+68%) and Greater Poland (+64%). It is least common in Lesser Poland and Pomeranian, 61% and 40% below average respectively.

Chosen most
  • Silesian
    +113%
    1 in 20,689 babies
  • Lower Silesian
    +68%
    1 in 26,189 babies
  • Greater Poland
    +64%
    1 in 26,905 babies
Chosen least
  • Lesser Poland
    −61%
    1 in 113,458 babies
  • Pomeranian
    −40%
    1 in 73,661 babies
  • Subcarpathian
    −27%
    1 in 60,283 babies

Miłosława as a middle name

Miłosława is a first name for 517 women in Poland and a middle name for another 213, a 71/29 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 464th, between Lorena (213) and Melisa (210).

As a first name
517
As a middle name
213
first name 71% middle name 29%
Middle-name ranking women

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