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Boleslaus

Boleslaus is a masculine given name from Polish. It is used in Latin.

Original PolishBolesław

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Boleslaus comes from Polish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Polish Bolesław.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Boleslaus through the years

Babies since 1880
255
255 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1923
25 babies
2025
0
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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010203040192019401960198020002025Highest share 19130.0
Boleslaus in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1911–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 1932. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 1923.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Boleslaus’s family of names

In Latin usage, Boleslaus shares a linguistic root with the Lithuanian form BOLESLOVAS. In Latin usage, Boleslaus has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Boleslav. In English usage, Boleslaus has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Bolesław.

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The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Boleslaus has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Polish roots to each of them.

Polish

Polishwhere Boleslaus comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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