Wisława
Only 153 Polish women carry it, so most people here will never meet one. The root is Slavic, from sława, "glory", and today it goes to girls alone.
Wisława Pronunciation
Wisława is pronounced vees-WAH-vah (/visˈwava/).
What Wisława means
Where Wisława comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Wisława grows from Slavic roots, where the element sława means glory. The masculine form is Wisław, older and once the more common of the two. The feminine took shape from the same stem, and it holds the sense of one whose good name spreads past a single household.
Poland gave the name its clearest face in Wisława Szymborska, the poet who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996. Her work is plain and exact. Through her, a rare and archaic name reached readers far past Polish.
Today Wisława reads as old on a school register, a name from medieval charters rather than the maternity ward. Yet it keeps its meaning cleanly. To carry it is to carry the word for glory, sława, in a form that still points back to Wisław.
How many people are named Wisława
1 in 147345 women in Poland is named Wisława. 153 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2630 among female names.
Wisława's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Wisława as a middle name
Wisława is a first name for 153 women in Poland and a middle name for another 98, a 61/39 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 675th, between Eliana (98) and Alojzja (97).
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#673 Nell99
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#674 Eliana98
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#675 Wisława98
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#676 Alojzja97
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#677 Beatrice97