Vladyslava
A Slavic name, the Ukrainian counterpart to Polish Władysława, meaning "to rule with glory". It reached Poland only in the last decade and is already thinning out: a rare name given to a handful of girls each year, never a boy.
Vladyslava Pronunciation
What Vladyslava means
Where Vladyslava comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Vladyslava grows from Slavic ground. Two old roots meet in it: vlad, meaning to rule, and slava, meaning glory or fame. Together they give the short sense usually written as "to rule with glory." In Ukrainian usage it belongs to women.
Poland knows the same name in its own spelling, Władysława, and it keeps the masculine partner nearby: Władysław, worn by medieval kings such as Władysław Jagiełło. The feminine form shares that royal ancestry without borrowing the crown. Written into a class register beside a dozen other girls, Vladyslava reads as one of the more familiar Ukrainian choices.
The glory in the name was never about noise. Slava also means renown, the good report a person leaves behind. So "to rule with glory" points less at conquest and more at holding a name with standing. Short and plain: one who rules with fame. Its Polish sister remains Władysława.
How many people are named Vladyslava
1 in 4735 women in Poland is named Vladyslava. 4,761 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #498 among female names.
Vladyslava's popularity over time
16 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #581 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2020. Still the #498 name among living women, even as it slips to #581 among newborns.
Where Vladyslava is most popular
Vladyslava is most popular in Lower Silesian, 134% above the national average (9 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+119%) and Łódź (+93%). It is least common in Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 25% below average.
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Lower Silesian9 girls born+134%
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Masovian19 girls born+119%
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Łódź6 girls born+93%
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Pomeranian6 girls born+66%
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Lubusz2 girls born+64%
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Greater Poland7 girls born+33%
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Podlaskie2 girls born+24%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian2 girls born−25%
Vladyslava as a middle name
Vladyslava is a first name for 4,761 women in Poland and a middle name for another 4, a 100/0 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 4478th, between Vladislava (4) and Wadzanai (4).
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4476
4Viviene
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4477
4Vladislava
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44784Vladyslava
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4479
4Wadzanai
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4480
4Wala