Given name
Miroslav
“of peaceful glory”
Miroslav is used as a given name. One Russian interpretation is “of peaceful glory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Russian interpretation is “of peaceful glory.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Russian.
How it developed
Built from Serbo-Croatian mȋr (“peace”) + slȁva (“glory, fame”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Miroslav through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 157
- 157 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,036 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +45%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,036 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,699 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.
Miroslav’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Miroslav has an affectionate form in MIRO. Miroslav shares a linguistic root with Miroslaw. Miroslav has a related form in Mircea.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Miroslav has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.
10 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Mirovariant · Slovak, Serbo-Croatian
- Mirekpet form · Serbo-Croatian, Czech
- Miroslawvariant
- Mirečekdiminutive · Czech
- Mirdadiminutive · Czech
- Míradiminutive · Czech
- Myrceavariant
- Myroslawvariant
Show 3 moreShow fewer
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Miroslav
- Miroslav KrležaCroatian writer (1893–1981)
- Miroslav LajčákSlovak politician and diplomatborn 1963
- Miroslav StochSlovak association football playerborn 1989
- Miroslav BlaževićBosnian-Croatian footballer and manager (1935–2023)
- Miroslav ĐukićSerbian footballerborn 1966
- RusevBulgarian professional wrestler, rower and powerlifterborn 1985
- MiroBulgarian singer-songwriterborn 1976
- Myroslav SlaboshpytskyiUkrainian film directorborn 1974
- Max Jason MaiSlovak composer, lyricist and singerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Miroslav, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Marat
“the goal, the aim”
>99% boys
Sviatoslav
Sviatoslav is a masculine given name from Russian. It is used in French.
>99% boys
Alexey
“helper and defender of mankind”
>99% boys
Adrijan
Adrijan is a masculine given name. It is used in Slovene.
>99% boys
Tamerlan
Tamerlan is a masculine given name from Russian, ultimately from Chechen.
>99% boys
Gavriil
“helper of God”
>99% boys
Jyri
Jyri is a masculine given name from Karelian, ultimately from Russian. It is used in Finnish and Ingrian.
>99% boys
Artem
“safe and sound”
>99% boys