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Мирослав
“peace, world”·“glory, fame”
Мирослав (Myrosláv) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Ukrainian, Macedonian, and Serbo-Croatian.
Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and Serbo-Croatian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Miroslav.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Мирослав is built from elements meaning “peace, world” and “glory, fame”.
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Where it comes from
Мирослав comes from Old East Slavic, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
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How it developed
From Old East Slavic Мирославъ, from Proto-Slavic *Miroslavъ, built from Ukrainian мир + -о- + -слав.
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Мирослав’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Мирослав shares a linguistic root with the Czech form Miroslav. In Ukrainian usage, Мирослав has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form MIROSŁAW. In Bulgarian usage, Мирослав has a conventional equivalent in the French form Miroslav.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Мирослав has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Мирослав
- Myroslav SkorykSoviet and Ukrainian composer (1938–2020)
- MiroBulgarian singer-songwriterborn 1976
- Myroslav Ivan LubachivskyMajor Archbishop of Lviv (1914–2000)
- Miroslav RomashchenkoBelarusian footballerborn 1973
- Myroslav DochynetsUkrainian journalistborn 1959
- Miro Slavovfootballerborn 1990
- Myroslav PopovychUkrainian philosopher (1930–2018)
- Myroslav MarynovychUkrainian dissidentborn 1949
- Miroslav NemirovRussian poet (1961–2016)
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