Given name
Wladyslaw
“to rule with glory”
Wladyslaw is used as a given name. One Polish interpretation is “to rule with glory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Polish interpretation is “to rule with glory.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Polish.
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
Wladyslaw through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 119
- 119 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 19 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 boys is 6 in 1925. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 844 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.
Wladyslaw’s family of names
Wladyslaw has a related form in Wladislaw. Wladyslaw has a related form in Wlodzislaw. Wladyslaw has a related form in Wlodzyslaw.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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