Miroslav
Miroslav is a Slavic masculine given name. It is derived from the Slavic elements mirŭ and slava ('glory'), thus meaning 'one who celebrates peace, one who celebrates the world'. The feminine form of the name is Miroslava.
- Czech
- Slovak
- Russian
- Serbian
Meaning & Origin of Miroslav
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Miroslav is a Slavic masculine given name. It is derived from the Slavic elements mirŭ and slava ('glory'), thus meaning 'one who celebrates peace, one who celebrates the world'. The feminine form of the name is Miroslava.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Czech
- Slovak
- Russian
- Serbian
- Croatian
- Slovene
- Bulgarian
- Macedonian
The Story of Miroslav
The earliest SSA record of Miroslav as a baby boy name dates back to 1983, when 7 babies received it. 2014 was its biggest year on record, with 18 newborns named Miroslav — #5,065 in the national rankings. About 54% of every Miroslav on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Miroslav last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 11 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 147 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Miroslav
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About the name Miroslav
Miroslav is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1983 and has accumulated 147 births in the dataset. Miroslav's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #5,065. Use the chart and map above to compare Miroslav's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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