Miroslav

given name · Latin script

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

Miroslav is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country, where it is the 14th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Miroslav är ett slaviskt namn, sammansatt av orden mir ’fred’ och slav ’ära, ryktbarhet’.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 36(measured from records)
  • RSSerbia≈1 in 175
  • HRCroatia1 in 272

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Miroslav itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

295,506 people

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
190 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 36 (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MiroslavLatin(measured from records)
МирославCyrillic(measured from records)
ΜιροσλαβGreek(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Мирослав in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Swedish

Miroslav är ett slaviskt namn, sammansatt av orden mir ’fred’ och slav ’ära, ryktbarhet’. En femininform, som också finns i Sverige, är Miroslava.

Sources 1

  • Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Miroslav 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 Miroslav is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia#14295,5061 in 36296KMiroslav190
PL Poland—173,239as Mirosław1 in 221176KMiroslav54
RS Serbia#24≈40,000 est.≈1 in 175listedMiroslav86
UA Ukraine#131≈26,000 est.≈1 in 1.7KlistedМирослав72
SK Slovakia#5≈19,000 est.≈1 in 291—Miroslav164
HR Croatia#6115,5591 in 27216KMiroslav118

295,506 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. 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: MVČR — living population register 2017; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). 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)

Miroslav is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

    Languages: English, Dutch, Danish

    Also written Mirõslav

  • Spanish given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Serbia

    Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

    Also written Miróslav

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Mìroslav

  • Uzbek given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye

    Languages: Uzbek, Turkish, Azerbaijani

    Also written Мирослав

60 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Miroslav is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Russian, de мир mir, paix ; monde et слава slava, gloire.

    as a nameRussian Names

  • In Russian, "glory of the earth, of peace."

    as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Miroslav Krleža, b. 1893Miroslav Ondříček, b. 1934Miroslav Blažević, b. 1935Miroslav Vitouš, b. 1947Miroslav Lajčák, b. 1963Miro Cerar, b. 1963Miroslav Đukić, b. 1966Rusev, b. 1985Miroslav Raduljica, b. 1988Miroslav Stoch, b. 1989

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 68 sources across 34 countries.

Official registers attesting Miroslav
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—296K#12
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—148K#12
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—148K#12
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202116K#58
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)202113K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)2026693#592
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—644#591
PL PolandMinistry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present)202513—
PL PolandMinistry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present)2026——
CZ CzechiaCZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024)2024—#63

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

In which country does Miroslav have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 296 thousand people named Miroslav, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled miroslav.
Where is Miroslav most common?
Miroslav is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 36 people carrying it.
What does the name Miroslav mean?
Recorded meaning: Miroslav är ett slaviskt namn, sammansatt av orden mir ’fred’ och slav ’ära, ryktbarhet’.
Is Miroslav a male or female name?
Miroslav 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.
What are other forms of the name Miroslav?
In the etymology graph, Mirco and Mirosław are forms of the same name in other languages; Mirko and Mirek are recorded short or pet forms.
How common is the name Miroslav?
In Czechia, the national register counted 295,506 people named Miroslav, about 1 in 36 residents.
How common is Miroslav compared with other names?
In Czechia, Miroslav is the 14th most common given name of 16,679 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, “Miroslav” — the 14th most common given name in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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