Bogusław

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/bɔɡuswaf/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Bogusław is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Bóg + sława.

rarermore common
  • PLPoland1 in 674(measured from records)
  • ATAustria≈1 in 415K
  • NLNetherlands≈1 in 528K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Poland (measured from records)

56,772 people, 2026

Sources
73 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 674 (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Bóg + sława.

Sources 2

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bogusław counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Bogusław is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland#22356,7721 in 67458KBogusław73
DE Germany—≈33 est.≈1 in 2.4M—Bogusław12
NL Netherlands—≈33 est.≈1 in 528K—Bogusław3
AT Austria—≈21 est.≈1 in 415K—Bogusław4
GB United Kingdom—≈16 est.≈1 in 4.2M—Bogusław10
CZ Czechia—141 in 764K14Bogusław5
EE Estonia—≈2 est.≈1 in 705Klisted—3

56,772 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20), 2026. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); MVČR — living population register 2017; the ee-siseministeerium-registry register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bogusław is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Czech given name26 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, Ukraine, Slovakia, Russia

    Languages: Czech, Ukrainian, Slovak

    Also written Bohuslav, Богуслав, Boguslav, Boguslaw, Bohusław

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

100012001400160018002000Bogislaw II, Duke of Pomerania, b. 1177Bogusław IV, b. 1300Bogusław V, b. 1318Bogislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania, b. 1354Bogusław VIII, b. 1364Bogusław IX, b. 1407Bogusław XIII, b. 1544Bogusław XIV, b. 1580Bogusław Schaeffer, b. 1929Bogusław Linda, b. 1952

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalCześć Bogusław,Hi Bogusław, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Bogusław
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—58K#85
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)202657K#86
PL PolandMinistry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present)202245—
PL PolandMinistry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present)202444—
PL PolandMinistry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present)202542—
PL PolandMinistry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present)202142—
PL PolandMinistry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present)202039—
PL PolandMinistry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present)201938—
PL PolandMinistry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present)202326—
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—14#4,442
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—7#2,990
EE EstoniaSiseministeerium — population register name list 20232023——

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Bogusław mean, and where does it come from?
From Bóg + sława. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
What are other forms of the name Bogusław?
In the etymology graph, Bohuslav and Boguslav are forms of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Bogusław?
A machine transcription gives /bɔɡuswaf/ (IPA) for Polish.
Is Bogusław a male or female name?
Bogusław is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Bogusław have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 57 thousand people named Bogusław, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bogusław.
Where is Bogusław most common?
Bogusław is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 674 people carrying it.
How common is the name Bogusław?
In Poland, the national register counted 56,772 people named Bogusław in 2026, about 1 in 674 residents.
How common is Bogusław compared with other names?
In Poland, Bogusław is the 223rd most common given name of 25,969 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bogusław” — the 223rd most common given name in Poland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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