Zoreslava
Just 77 women in Poland carry it, and no newborn has been given it since 2000: most Poles have never met one. A Ukrainian name from Slavic roots, meaning "dawn glory".
Zoreslava Pronunciation
What Zoreslava means
Where Zoreslava comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zoreslava comes from two Slavic roots. Zorya names the dawn, the pale light before the sun. Slava means glory, or fame. Put together they hold the short meaning Ukrainian families still hear in it: dawn glory. The Polish word zorza, for dawn or the aurora, comes from the same first root.
In Slavic folklore the Zorya were dawn figures who guarded the morning light and the sky's gates. That older layer sits beneath the name without being its full account. The Ukrainian colour is strong here.
Zoreslava keeps its full form. It grows no diminutive, no clipped pet version, so a girl answers to all four syllables on the class register. What the name states is plain in its parts: the dawn, zorya, joined to slava, glory.
How many people are named Zoreslava
1 in 292777 women in Poland is named Zoreslava. 77 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4084 among female names.