Vladyslaw
Fewer than 60 men in Poland carry it, so meeting one would stick in your memory. A Ukrainian name on a Slavic root, meaning "glorious rule".
Vladyslaw Pronunciation
What Vladyslaw means
Where Vladyslaw comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Vladyslaw grows from two Slavic roots. The first, vlad, means to rule. The second, slav, means glory. That slav part is the same word as Polish sława, fame. Together the roots give the meaning Polish keeps as sławny władca, glorious rule.
The name leans Ukrainian. It lives there as Vladyslav and stays common on birth records in Kyiv and Lviv. Polish speakers know it through their own spelling and through household forms. A boy signs the class register as Vladyslaw. His family calls him Władek.
Polish history carries the fuller form too, among the kings Władysław Jagiełło.
There is a sister form, Władysława, given to women who share the root about rule and glory. The meaning stays visible. Vlad for rule and slav for glory, both bound in sławny władca.
How many people are named Vladyslaw
1 in 374495 men in Poland is named Vladyslaw. 57 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4932 among male names.