# Bolesław (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bolesaw/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Bolesław

- Bolesław I the Brave, first King of Poland (967–1025)
- Bolesław III Wrymouth, duke of Poland between 1107 and 1138
- Bolesław the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland
- Bolesław Kominek, Catholic cardinal (1903-1974)
- Bolesław Filipiak, Catholic cardinal (1901-1978)
- Bolesław I, Duke of Cieszyn, Duke of Bytom, Cieszyn, Głogów, Ścinawa and Siewierz
- Bolesław of Toszek, duke
- Bolesław of Bytom, Duke of Koźle (1330–1355)
- Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski, archbishop (1848-1903)
- Bolesław Gładych, American World War II flying ace (1918-2011)
- Bolko I the Strict, Duke of Jawor
- Bolko II the Small, Bolko Wysoki

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.