Uladzislau
Fewer than 5,000 people in Poland carry it, nearly all of them men: rare enough that most Poles have never met one. A Slavic name, a spelling variant of Władysław, from roots meaning "glorious ruler".
Uladzislau Pronunciation
Uladzislau is pronounced oo-lah-jees-LAH-oo (/ulad͡ʑisˈlau/).
What Uladzislau means
Where Uladzislau comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Uladzislau is the Belarusian form of a name Poland writes as Władysław. Both grow from two old Slavic roots, vlad, meaning to rule, and slav, meaning glory. Together they give the short meaning that travels with the name, glorious ruler, in Polish sławny władca. The sense of command sits in the parts themselves.
Poland has carried the Polish spelling far, and kings bore it for centuries. Among friends the name loosens into Władek. For a daughter it turns to Władysława, the same roots in a feminine shape.
The Belarusian form keeps its own music. Uladzislau opens on a vowel where Polish reaches for the harder Wła, yet the ruler and the glory stand underneath both.
Picture a class register in a Podlasie school near the border, where a teacher reads out Uladzislau and, two lines down, Władysław. Same name, two spellings of glorious ruler.
How many people are named Uladzislau
1 in 4623 men in Poland is named Uladzislau. 4,619 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #504 among male names.
Uladzislau's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.