Sławosław
Just two men in Poland carry this name, and records show no boys given it in any year since 2000. A doubled Slavic form built on "sław", the root of fame and glory.
Sławosław Pronunciation
Sławosław is pronounced swah-VOS-wahf (/swaˈvɔswaf/).
What Sławosław means
Where Sławosław comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Sławosław is an old Polish name built from two Slavic pieces, and both mean the same thing. The first part, sławo-, comes from sława, glory or fame. The second part, -sław, comes from that same root. So the name doubles its own meaning. The Polish gloss reads ten, kto sławi sławę, the one who praises glory.
That element sław runs through a long line of Slavic names. Sławomir sets glory beside mir, which meant standing and a voice that counts among the early Slavs. Bolesław, Stanisław, Sławosz all keep it. Sławosław is rarer, and it holds the root on both ends instead of pairing it with anything else.
Whoever carries it today marks imieniny on 25 July. On a Polish class register the four syllables stand apart from the Kubas and Franeks. The name says glory twice and means the one who praises it.
How many people are named Sławosław
1 in 10673094 men in Poland is named Sławosław. 2 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #61999 among male names.