Boleslav Forename

122,120th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 3,400 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Boleslav Forename Definition:

A Slavonic name, meaning: Great glory.

Boleslav Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine
100%
1,8841:24,151383
Czechia
100%
6781:15,717516
Lithuania
100%
3031:9,742621
Russia
99%
 
2241:643,9006,445
Israel
100%
501:168,0585,688
United States
100%
401:9,063,42494,297
Slovakia
100%
351:151,7161,188
Belarus
100%
311:305,8832,293
Romania-291:691,44718,806
Slovenia
100%
211:117,0843,073
Germany
100%
201:4,833,89419,927
Kazakhstan
100%
171:1,043,93210,994
Bulgaria
100%
111:635,4908,785
Poland-91:4,225,2354,388
Brazil
100%
81:26,779,519235,888
Moldova
100%
51:712,2283,885
Kyrgyzstan
75%
 
51:1,194,65524,199
Argentina
100%
41:10,693,31119,797
Georgia
100%
41:934,61613,351
Croatia
100%
31:1,405,69211,430
England
100%
21:27,801,460132,211
Canada-21:16,566,68686,787
Austria
100%
21:4,257,10013,469
South Africa
100%
21:27,266,324304,698
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Uzbekistan
100%
11:30,786,44017,476
Abkhazia-11:243,4223,525
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Estonia
100%
11:1,315,3808,883
Malta-11:429,3603,141
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531

Boleslav (146) may also be a surname.

Boleslav Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Slavonic name, meaning: Great glory.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Boleslav Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Boleslav Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Boleslav in the Russian language
Болеславboleslav-

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