Given name & surname · also Old Polish
Miłosław
Miłosław is a masculine given name from Old Polish, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Polish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Miłosław comes from Old Polish, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Miłosław’s family of names
In Polish usage, Miłosław has a diminutive in MICH. In Polish usage, Miłosław has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Miloslav. In Polish usage, Miłosław has a diminutive in Miłoch.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Miłosław has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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