Przybysław
Barely 38 men in Poland carry this name, and no boy has been given it in the last twenty-five years. It comes from Slavic roots meaning "to increase glory", built to praise a growing name.
Przybysław Pronunciation
Przybysław is pronounced pshih-BIHS-wahf (/pʂɨˈbɨswaf/).
What Przybysław means
Where Przybysław comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Przybysław belongs to the old stock of Slavic two-part names, the ones built from a verb and a noun. The second half, `-sław`, means glory, the same element that closes Bogusław and Mirosław. The first half turns that glory active. The name reads as one who increases glory, `pomnażający sławę` in Polish. Its feminine counterpart is `Przybysława`, formed by swapping the ending.
The name has a real medieval owner. Przybysław was the first Prince of Mecklenburg, ruling from 1160 to 1178. He was a son of Niklot, the Obotrite prince, and after his father fell he founded a dynasty that lasted for centuries. The Slavic name outlived the Slavic principality.
In Poland the name-day falls on 27 January and again on 27 December. A boy called Przybysław might hear his full name only twice: once in the class register, once at the urząd. The rest of the year it shortens. What holds, whether long or clipped, is the sense the two roots gave it. To carry glory forward, to add to it.
How many people are named Przybysław
1 in 561742 men in Poland is named Przybysław. 38 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6381 among male names.
Przybysław as a middle name
Przybysław is a first name for 38 men in Poland and a middle name for another 117, a 25/75 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 646th, between Paulo (117) and Sławoj (117).
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#644 Patrik117
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#645 Paulo117
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#646 Przybysław117
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#647 Sławoj117
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#648 Willem117