Radoslav
A Slavic name meaning "happy glory". Just 114 men in Poland carry it, rare enough that most people here have never met one, and it's given to fewer boys each year now.
Radoslav Pronunciation
What Radoslav means
Where Radoslav comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Radosław grew from two old Slavic roots. The first, "rad," meant glad or joyful. The second, "sław," meant glory or renown. Read together they give the meaning the dictionaries record: happy glory. It belongs to the large Slavic family of "-sław" names, alongside Mirosław, Bogusław, and Stanisław.
That family history explains why the full name reads as formal. Few people use it daily. A boy written down as Radosław in a class register will be Radek by the second lesson, and the diminutive tends to stay with him for life.
The feminine form is Radosława, built from the same two roots and holding the same sense.
The root "rad" survives across Slavic languages, in Czech and Croatian names as much as in Polish. Strip away the endings and you reach the two pieces again: gladness and glory.
How many people are named Radoslav
1 in 187247 men in Poland is named Radoslav. 114 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3182 among male names.
Radoslav's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Radoslav as a middle name
Radoslav is a first name for 114 men in Poland and a middle name for another 8, a 93/7 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 3663rd, between Rachid (8) and Radosz (8).
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