Given name
Bronislava
“honor, praise”
Bronislava is a feminine given name from Polish. It is used in Czech and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bronislava is a romanization of Бронислава. Бронислава goes back to Proto-Slavic *bornъ, meaning “honor, praise.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Slovenian usage, Bronislava is a feminine form of Bronislav.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bronislava through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1918. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 272 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bronislava’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Bronislava has a diminutive in BRONKA. In Slovenian usage, Bronislava is a feminine form of Bronislav. In English usage, Bronislava has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Бронислава.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bronislava has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Polish roots to each of them.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bronislava
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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