Given name & surname

Mirosław

“peace”

Mirosław is a masculine given name from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Polish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Mirosław goes back to Proto-Slavic *Miroslavъ, meaning “peace.”

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Where it comes from

Mirosław comes from Proto-Indo-European.

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How it developed

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-.

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Mirosław’s family of names

In Polish usage, Mirosław has a diminutive in Mirek. In Polish usage, Mirosław shares a linguistic root with the Lithuanian form MIROSLAVAS. In Polish usage, Mirosław has a conventional equivalent in the Bosnian form Miroslav.

Walk Mirosław’s family in the name graph

MirosławMiroslawMirekMiruśMireczekMiroslavMyroslavMiroslavasMiroslavoMiroslausМирославMirosławaМірославМіраслаў

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Mirosław has relatives in 14 languages.

Polish

9 related names in 14 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

See also 2

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

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