Miroslava

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Мирослава in UA Ukraine, RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan and 6 more and Myroslava in PL Poland, IT Italy, SE Sweden.

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

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Miroslava is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name32K records spelled Miroslava3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, Venezuela, United States, Peru

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Mirosláva

• Lithuanian given name404 records spelled Miroslava5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Lithuania, Latvia, United Kingdom, United States

  Languages: Lithuanian, Latvian

  Also written Miroslav, Miroslāva

42 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●

Miroslava is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

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

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In Latvian, pilsēta Čehijā, Dienvidmorāvijas apgabalā, 2910 iedzīvotāju (2012. g.)

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, apdzīvota vieta Lietuvā, Alītas apriņķī

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 69 years between 1951–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Miroslava of Bulgariab. 901Bulgarian princess
• Miroslavab. 1926MXCzechoslovak-Mexican actress (c. 1926-1955)
• Miroslava Besserováb. 1946CZCzech writer and journalist (1946-2017)
• Miroslava Skleničkováb. 1951CZOlympic gymnast
• Myroslava Gongadzeb. 1972UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian journalist and activist
• Miroslava Federerb. 1978SKSwiss tennis player
• Miroslava Knapkováb. 1980CZCzech rower
• Miroslava Dumab. 1985RURussian fashion writer
• Miroslava Karpovichb. 1986RURussian actress
• Miroslava Bonjevaactress

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 377 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Miroslava?

We estimate roughly 159 thousand people bear Miroslava (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Miroslava have the most bearers?

Miroslava is most frequently recorded in Ukraine, where it is most often spelled мирослава.

Where is Miroslava most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Miroslava is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 130 people — even though Ukraine holds more of our records for it.

How common is Miroslava compared with other names?

In Ukraine, Miroslava is the 107th most common given name of 84,999 given names recorded there.

Is Miroslava a male or female name?

Miroslava is a female 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.