Zdobysław
A transparent Slavic compound: zdobyć "to win" plus sława "glory", so the name reads as one who wins glory. Fewer than 50 men in Poland carry it now, so most Poles have never met one.
Zdobysław Pronunciation
Zdobysław is pronounced zdo-BIHS-wahf (/zdɔˈbɨswaf/).
What Zdobysław means
Where Zdobysław comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zdobysław is a Slavic dithematic name, two roots joined into one. The first comes from `zdobyć`, the Polish verb for to win or to obtain. The second is `-sław`, glory or fame, the same element that ends Bolesław and Mirosław. Read together, the parts give the short meaning plainly: to win glory.
Names of this shape are old in pattern, though Zdobysław itself enters Polish records comparatively late, modelled on genuine early forms rather than descended from one. Its name-day falls on 30 July.
The name found real bearers. One was the Polish sprinter Zdobysław Stawczyk, who ran for Poland in the 1950s. A feminine counterpart exists too, Zdobysława, built from the same roots with a different ending. Both are rare.
The meaning stays open to any Polish speaker. On a class register a Zdobysław stands out, a long name among short ones, and the sense needs no gloss. Zdobywca, a conqueror. Sława, fame. The name simply says: win glory.
How many people are named Zdobysław
1 in 444712 men in Poland is named Zdobysław. 48 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5517 among male names.
Zdobysław's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Zdobysław as a middle name
Zdobysław is a first name for 48 men in Poland and a middle name for another 46, a 51/49 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1143rd, between Vito (46) and Andrey (45).
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#1141 Vinicius46
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#1142 Vito46
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#1143 Zdobysław46
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#1144 Andrey45
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#1145 Christiaan45