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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

Alive in 2025
570
Newborns 2025
25
National rank
#1244

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.

People with the name Miroslava 2019 → 2025
570 +502 since 2019
2020 81 +13
2021 93 +12
2022 116 +23
2023 575 +459
2024 574 −1
2025 570 −4

Miroslava's popularity over time

25 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #477 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2018.

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25 newborns with the name Miroslava in 2025
national rank #477 that year

Where parents choose Miroslava

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.

Chosen most
  • West Pomeranian
    +280%
    1 in 7,675 babies
  • Lower Silesian
    +104%
    1 in 14,285 babies
  • Pomeranian
    +98%
    1 in 14,732 babies
Chosen least
  • Lesser Poland
    −36%
    1 in 45,383 babies
  • Silesian
    −36%
    1 in 45,517 babies
  • Greater Poland
    −5%
    1 in 30,749 babies

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).

As a first name
570
As a middle name
7
first name 99% middle name 1%
Middle-name ranking women

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