Sulisława
Just 22 Polish women carry it, and no girl has been given it this century. A Slavic name built from roots meaning "better glory".
Sulisława Pronunciation
Sulisława is pronounced soo-lees-WAH-vah (/sulisˈwava/).
What Sulisława means
Where Sulisława comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Sulisława is a Slavic name built from two old roots. The second, "-sław", means glory or fame, and it appears across Slavic names from Bogusław to Stanisław. The first element carries the sense of "better", which gives the whole name its short meaning: better glory.
The masculine form, Sulisław, belonged to a real man. He led a division of Małopolska knights at the Battle of Legnica on 9 April 1241. The chronicler Jan Długosz records that Sulisław took command after his brother Włodzimierz, the Kraków voivode, fell at Chmielnik. Sulisław died at Legnica against the Mongol army. His name outlived him.
Sulisława is the feminine form, rarer than its masculine twin. It reads today as an old name, one a teacher might slow down over while reading a class register. The meaning stays plain enough: a glory meant to be the better kind.
How many people are named Sulisława
1 in 1024720 women in Poland is named Sulisława. 22 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #9458 among female names.
Sulisława as a middle name
Sulisława is a first name for 22 women in Poland and a middle name for another 15, a 59/41 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1941st, between Sibel (15) and Tacjanna (15).
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#1939 Shoshana15
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#1940 Sibel15
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#1941 Sulisława15
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#1942 Tacjanna15
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#1943 Tycjana15