Miroslava
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mee-ro-SLAH-va
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Miroslava is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “peace and glory”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Miroslava mean?
Slavic: mir 'peace, world' + slava 'glory'
“peace and glory”
Is Miroslava a girl's or a boy's name?
Miroslava is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Miroslava in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Miroslava, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Miroslava in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Miroslava in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Miroslava in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Miroslava, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the girls named Miroslava in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Miroslava in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,591 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,511 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,838 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
Nicknames for Miroslava
- Mira 145 girls in the UK in 2025
- Slava
Names like Miroslava
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mila, Eliana, Arabella, Ariana, Ariella, Isabella, Myla, Sienna, Fatima, Mira, Mia, Athena
More Slavic names
Milan, Vera, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri, Milah, Raisa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Miroslava: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/miroslava, updated 20 October 2026.