Sulisław
Only about 15 men in Poland carry Sulisław, and no boy has been given it this century: most Poles will never meet one. It is a Slavic name built from old roots meaning "better glory".
Sulisław Pronunciation
Sulisław is pronounced soo-LEES-wahf (/suˈliswaf/).
What Sulisław means
Where Sulisław comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Sulisław is a Slavic name built from two old pieces. The ending -sław means glory, the same element that closes Bolesław and Stanisław. The first part, suli-, comes from an Old Slavic word for better or greater. Together they give the short meaning: better glory, in Polish lepsza sława.
The name is old in Poland. It appears in the Bulla gnieźnieńska of 1136, one of the earliest records to preserve Polish personal names. That means people bore it before any scribe wrote it down. Medieval clerks trimmed it into softer forms: Sulisz, Sulko, Sułek.
A woman could carry the matching form, Sulisława, attested by 1145. The name day falls on 7 February. Today it is rare. In January 2025 the PESEL register counted fifteen living men whose first name is Sulisław.
How many people are named Sulisław
1 in 1423079 men in Poland is named Sulisław. 15 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #12325 among male names.
Sulisław as a middle name
Sulisław is a first name for 15 men in Poland and a middle name for another 13, a 54/46 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2703rd, between Storm (13) and Sylwan (13).
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#2701 Steen13
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#2702 Storm13
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#2703 Sulisław13
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#2704 Sylwan13
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#2705 Tae13