Witosława
Just 66 women in Poland carry it, and no newborn has taken it this century: most Poles have never met one. A Slavic name meaning "famous ruler", the feminine partner to Witosław.
Witosława Pronunciation
Witosława is pronounced vee-tos-WAH-vah (/vitɔsˈwava/).
What Witosława means
Where Witosława comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Witosława comes from two old Slavic roots. The first, wit, meant lord or master. The second, sław, meant glory or fame. Joined, they carry the meaning recorded here: famous ruler, or in Polish sławny pan, władca.
The name has a masculine twin, Witosław, built from the same two parts. Early Slavic families drew on a stock of such compounds when they named a child for rank and renown. A girl given this name held a word for command inside it.
The wit element turns up elsewhere in Polish naming, in Witold and in the older Witosz. That root is what ties Witosława to a wider family of names about strength and rule.
Picture a school register on the first day of term. The name is old. The teacher reads "Witosława," and one girl raises her hand. It looks long and formal on the page, and it still resolves to something plain: famous ruler, władca.
How many people are named Witosława
1 in 341573 women in Poland is named Witosława. 66 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4498 among female names.
Witosława as a middle name
Witosława is a first name for 66 women in Poland and a middle name for another 48, a 58/42 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1000th, between Witolda (48) and Anna-Maria (47).
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#998 Swietłana48
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#999 Witolda48
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#1000 Witosława48
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#1001 Anna-Maria47
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#1002 Daniella47