Radzisława
Fewer than 80 women in Poland carry this name, and no girl has been given it this century. A Slavic name built from the roots for counsel and glory, meaning "glorious counsel".
Radzisława Pronunciation
Radzisława is pronounced rah-jees-WAH-vah (/rad͡ʑisˈwava/).
What Radzisława means
Where Radzisława comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Radzisława grows from Slavic roots. The ending -sław means glory or fame, the same element that closes Stanisław, Mirosław, and Bolesław. The first part comes from rada, meaning counsel or advice. Together the name reads as glorious counsel, or in Polish sławna dobrą radą, famous for good advice.
The masculine form Radzisław is the older shape, and Radzisława answers it on the feminine side. From either comes Radek, the diminutive a child hears on a school register long before the full name appears on any certificate. Radek is the everyday form.
The counsel sense stays close to the surface here. A Radzisława named today holds rada, the same word Poles use when they ask someone to radzić, to advise. That root, rada, is the concrete thing the name keeps.
How many people are named Radzisława
1 in 308820 women in Poland is named Radzisława. 73 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4212 among female names.
Radzisława as a middle name
Radzisława is a first name for 73 women in Poland and a middle name for another 24, a 75/25 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1474th, between Phương (24) and Stefani (24).
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#1472 Perpetua24
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#1473 Phương24
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#1474 Radzisława24
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#1475 Stefani24
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#1476 Thérèse24