Tomislav
Fewer than 70 men in Poland carry it, so most people here have never met one. The Slavic roots read starkly: tomiti "to torment" joined to slava, "glory".
Tomislav Pronunciation
What Tomislav means
Where Tomislav comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Tomislav grows from Slavic roots. The first part comes from tomiti, to torment or to wear down. The second is slava, glory. Together they read in Polish as udręczony sławą, someone tired out by fame. That sense of weariness sits oddly next to the grandeur, and the two halves have kept their tension.
The name has a crown behind it. Tomislav was the first king of Croatia, named king in the early tenth century, around 925. South of the Carpathians the name flourished for that reason, while in Poland it stayed rare and slightly foreign.
Picture a Polish class register. A single Tomisław sits among the Jakubs. The teacher reads it once and remembers it, because it does not repeat down the page. The name keeps its Slavic parts visible, and anyone who knows the words can still hear tomiti and slava pressed together into torment and glory.
How many people are named Tomislav
1 in 309365 men in Poland is named Tomislav. 69 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4374 among male names.
Tomislav as a middle name
Tomislav is a first name for 69 men in Poland and a middle name for another 3, a 96/4 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 6937th, between Tomaz (3) and Tomysław (3).
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#6935 Tolesław3
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#6936 Tomaz3
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#6937 Tomislav3
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#6938 Tomysław3
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#6939 Tonderai3