Wieslaw
Only 33 men in Poland carry it now, and no boys have been named it this century: a name aging out of use. The Slavic roots mean "great glory".
Wieslaw Pronunciation
Wieslaw is pronounced VYES-lahf (/ˈvjɛslaf/).
What Wieslaw means
Where Wieslaw comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Wiesław grows from Slavic roots. It joins an old word for great with sława, glory, for a plain reading of great glory. The feminine form is Wiesława. Both names hold their own imieniny in the Polish calendar, and Wiesław marks one of his on 22 May.
The meaning stayed near the surface. A Polish speaker still hears sława inside the name, so the sense of fame or renown never drifted from the sound. That keeps Wiesław legible in a way many old names are not.
Wiesław Myśliwski carried it well. The novelist, born in 1932 near Sandomierz, won the Nike Prize twice, and his death in March 2026 reached the front pages. Open a school register from mid-century Poland and the name turns up often among the boys.
The short meaning, great glory, and the feminine Wiesława are what a name entry lists first.
When Wieslaw celebrates name day
Wieslaw appears 4 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 9 December.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Wieslaw
1 in 646854 men in Poland is named Wieslaw. 33 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #7069 among male names.
Wieslaw as a middle name
Wieslaw is a first name for 33 men in Poland and a middle name for another 64, a 34/66 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 914th, between Wesley (64) and Zeev (64).
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#912 Selim64
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#913 Wesley64
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#914 Wieslaw64
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#915 Zeev64
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#916 Ścibor64