Miroslava
Feminine · “peace and glory”
Miroslava is a Slavic compound of the completely transparent kind: mir plus slava, peace and glory, joined without disguise. Slavic naming built hundreds of names this way and the elements are still ordinary words in every Slavic language, which means a Czech or Russian speaker can translate the name on sight. Its American peak is 1955.
How old is the name Miroslava?
Miroslava first appears in US birth records in 1951 — 74 years ago. The typical Miroslava alive today was born around 2001, making them about 24 years old. About 800 people named Miroslava are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Miroslava most popular?
Miroslava peaked in 1955, reaching #2839 nationally. Today it ranks #6116, 3,277 places below that high. See the whole 1955 chart.
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Where it comes from
From mir slava to Miroslava
The story of Miroslava
The Slavic dithematic names work exactly as the Germanic ones did: two elements from a family stock, combined without needing to make a sentence. Mir, slav, vlad, mil, bog and dar are among the commonest, giving Vladimir, Miroslav, Bogdan, Miloslav, Slavomir and dozens more. The system is a thousand years old and still productive. Miroslava is used in Czechia, Slovakia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Russia and Ukraine. American records show it with Central and Eastern European migration, and its 1955 peak reflects the post-war displaced-persons arrival rather than the older waves.
Meaning
peace and glory
Slavic mir means both peace and the world — the same word does both jobs in Russian, which is a genuine and much-remarked feature of the language. Slava means glory or fame. The compound Miroslav and its feminine Miroslava join them, and the result is read as something like 'glorious peace' or 'one whose glory is peace'. The derivation is settled and the elements are transparent to any Slavic speaker.
How the name formed
- mir slava
- Miroslav
- Miroslava
Related forms: Miroslava · Miroslava · Miroslava · Mirosława
Pronouncing Miroslava
mee-roh-SLAH-vah
Four syllables, stress on the third in most Slavic languages; Czech puts it on the first, MEE-ro-slah-vah. English speakers reach the middle-stress version readily. There is no serious ambiguity.
Nicknames for Miroslava
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1951
- Most girls named
- 201726 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2839reached in 1955
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%19 in 2025, from 19
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Miroslava in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Miroslava in Czech — same name
- Miroslava in Russian — same name
- Miroslava in Serbian — same name
- Mirosława in Polish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, California, Texas.
Miroslavas among us
people named Miroslava are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 84,593 born in 2025 was named Miroslava
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Preston test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Miroslava's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Preston climbed just as high around 1930, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Preston's path sketches the road Miroslava is walking now.
Miroslava sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Miroslava beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Miroslava in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is transparent, positive and expressible in three words.
- Mira and Mirka are both established short forms with independent lives.
- It is recognized across the whole Slavic world without change of spelling.
- Four syllables is long for everyday American use, so a short form is effectively required.
- It is unfamiliar enough in the United States to be spelled out every time.
- Stress placement varies between Slavic languages.
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Frequently asked
- How many Miroslavas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Miroslava are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Miroslava in 2025?
- Miroslava ranks #6116 among US girl names in 2025, with 19 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Miroslava?
- About 1 in every 84,593 US girls born in 2025 was named Miroslava — 19 in all.
- Will my child share the name Miroslava with classmates?
- Miroslava will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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