Mieczysław

Mieczysław
Pronunciation	Polish: [mjɛˈt͡ʂɘ.swaf] ⓘ
Gender	masculine
Language(s)	Polish
Origin
Word/name	Slavic
Derivation	miecz ("sword"), sława ("glory, fame")
Meaning	"glory of the sword"; "famous by the sword"
Region of origin	Poland
Other names
Variant form(s)	Mieczysława (f)
Nickname(s)	Mietek, Miecio, Mieszko
Related names	Mečislovas

Mieczysław (Polish: [mjɛˈt͡ʂɘ.swaf] ^ⓘ) is a Polish masculine given name. It is composed of the Slavic elements miecz meaning "sword" and sława meaning "glory, fame". It thus means "glory of the sword", "famous by the sword", or "sword bearer".^[1]^[2]

The feminine form of the name is Mieczysława.

Diminutive forms include Mietek, Miecio and Mieszko. The Lithuanian form of the name is Mečislovas.

Notable people with the name

A-J

Mieczysław Adamek (1918–1944), Polish fighter ace
Mieczysław Aszkiełowicz (born 1957), Polish politician
Mieczysław Bagiński (born 1944), Polish politician
Mieczysław Balcer (1906–1995), Polish footballer
Mieczysław Bareja (1939–2003), Polish judge and politician
Mieczysław Baryłko (1923–2002), Polish painter
Mieczysław Batsch (1900–1977), Polish footballer
Mieczysław Bekker (1905–1989), Polish engineer and professor
Mieczysław Biernacki 1891–1959), Polish mathematical chemist
Mieczysław Biskupski (born 1948), Polish-American historian and political scientist
Mieczysław Boruta-Spiechowicz (1894–1985), Polish military officer
Mieczysław Broniszewski (born 1948), Polish football manager
Mieczysław Broński (1882–1938), Russian-Polish communist, diplomat and academic
Mieczysław Burda (1916–1990), Polish ice hockey player
Mieczysław Centnerszwer (1874–1944), Polish chemist and university professor
Mieczysław Chmura (1934–1980), Polish ice hockey player
Mieczysław Cieniuch (born 1951), Polish military general
Mieczysław Cieślar (1950–2010), Polish Lutheran theologian and bishop
Mieczysław Cybulski (1903–1984), Polish actor
Mieczysław Cygan (1921–2006), Polish military commander
Mieczysław Czajkowski (1898–1972), Polish footballer
Mieczysław Czechowicz (1930–1991), Polish actor
Mieczysław Dębicki (1905–1977), Polish engineer and a car designer
Mieczysław Detyniecki (born 1938), Polish artist
Mieczysław Długoborski (1931–2020), Polish middle-distance runner
Mieczysław Domaradzki (1949–1998), Polish archaeologist and thracologist
Mieczysław Dziemieszkiewicz (1925–1951), Polish soldier
Mieczysław Fogg (1901–1990), Polish singer
Mieczysław Garsztka (1896–1919), Polish aviator and flying ace
Mieczysław Gębarowicz (1893–1984), Polish art historian
Mieczysław Gil (1944–2022), Polish trade unionist and politician
Mieczysław Gocuł (born 1963), Polish military general
Mieczysław Golba (born 1966), Polish politician
Mieczysław Górowski (1941–2011), Polish graphic artist
Mieczysław Gracz (1919–1991), Polish footballer
Mieczyslaw Gruber (1913–2006), Polish-American soldier
Mieczysław Grydzewski (1894–1970), Polish historian and journalist
Mieczysław Gutkowski (1893–1943), Polish lawyer and economist
Mieczysław Haiman (1888–1949), Polish-American journalist and historian
Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski (1822–1902), Polish cardinal
Mieczysław Hertz (1870–1943), Polish merchant, historian and writer
Mieczysław Horszowski (1892–1993), Polish-American pianist
Mieczysław Hryniewicz (born 1949), Polish actor
Mieczysław Jagielski (1924–1997), Polish politician and economist
Mieczysław Janowski (born 1947), Polish politician
Mieczysław Jaroński (1862–1922), Polish violin virtuoso
Mieczysław Jaskierski (born 1950), Polish ice hockey player
Mieczysław Jastrun (1903–1983), Polish poet and essayist
Mieczysław Jałowiecki (1876–1962), Polish diplomat and agronomist

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Mieczysław Kalenik (1933–2017), Polish actor
Mieczysław Kapiak (1911–1975), Polish cyclist
Mieczysław Karaś (1924–1977), Polish linguist
Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876–1909), Polish composer and conductor
Mieczysław Karłowicz (cyclist) (born 1963), Polish racing cyclist
Mieczysław Kasprzak (born 1953), Polish politician
Mieczysław Kasprzycki 1910–2001), Polish ice hockey player
Mieczysław Kawalec (1916–1951), Polish resistance fighter
Mieczysław Klimaszewski (1908–1995), Polish geographer, geomorphologist and politician
Mieczysław Klimek (1913–1995), Polish engineer and university professor
Mieczysław Klimowicz (1919–2008), Polish historian
Mieczysław Kościelniak (1912–1993), Polish painter and graphic designer
Mieczysław Kosmowski (1913–?), Polish Nazi collaborator, Gestapo agent and war criminal
Mieczysław Kotlarczyk (1908–1978), Polish actor
Mieczysław Kozłowski (1876–1927) Polish-Lithuanian diplomat and jurist
Mieczysław Albert Krąpiec (1921–2008), Polish philosopher and theologian
Mieczysław Krawicz (1893–1944), Polish film director
Mieczysław Kwiecień (1936–2020), Polish Protestant clergyman
Mieczysław Łęczycki (1897–?), Polish architect
Mieczysław Łomowski (1914–1969), Polish shot putter
Mieczysław Łopatka (born 1939), Polish basketball player and coach
Mieczysław Łoza (1916–1982), Polish actor
Mieczysław Lubelski (1886–1965), Polish sculptor and ceramicist
Mieczysław Łuczak (born 1955), Polish politician
Mieczysław Mackiewicz (1880–1954), Polish general
Mieczysław Mąkosza (born 1934), Polish chemist
Mieczysław Maliński (1923–2017), Polish Catholic priest, theologian and writer
Mieczysław Małecki (1903–1946), Polish linguist and university professor
Mieczysław Maneli (1922–1994), Polish lawyer, diplomat and academic
Mieczysław Michałowicz (1876–1965), Polish medical doctor
Mieczysław Mickiewicz (1879–1939), Polish-Ukrainian politician and lawyer
Mieczysław Moczar (1913–1986), Polish politician
Mieczysław Mokrzycki (born 1961), Polish Catholic archbishop
Mieczysław Morański (1960–2020), Polish actor and voice actor
Mieczysław Mümler (1899–1985), Polish fighter ace
Mieczysław Munz (1900–1976), Polish-American pianist
Mieczysław Młynarski (1956–2025), Polish basketball player and coach
Mieczysław Niedziałkowski (1893–1940), Polish politician and writer
Mieczysław Norwid-Neugebauer (1884–1954), Polish politician and military general
Mieczysław Nowak (1936–2006), Polish weightlifter
Mieczysław Nowicki (born 1951), Polish racing cyclist
Mieczysław Omyła (born 1941), Polish professor of humanities and philosopher
Mieczysław Ostojski (born 1954), Polish meteorologist
Mieczysław Ożóg (born 1966), Polish footballer
Mieczysław Palus (1921–1986), Polish ice hockey player
Mieczysław Pawełkiewicz (1938–2007), Polish luger
Mieczysław Pawlikowski (1920–1978), Polish actor
Mieczysław Pemper (1920–2011), Polish-German Holocaust survivor and assistant of Oskar Schindler
Mieczyslaw Pianowski (1890–1967), Polish-American dancer and choreographer
Mieczysław Połukard (1930–1985), Polish motorcycle speedway rider
Mieczysław Potocki (1810–1878), Polish landowner and

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Mieczysław Rakowski (1926–2008), Polish politician, historian and journalist
Mieczysław Romanowski (1833–1863), Polish poet
Mieczysław Rutyna (born 1931), Polish racewalker
Mieczysław Rybarczyk 1941–1983), Polish professional tennis player
Mieczysław Ryś-Trojanowski (1881–1945), Polish military general
Mieczysław Salomonowicz (1924–2022), Polish-Israeli scientist and immunologist
Mieczysław Serwiński (1918–1999), Polish politician
Mieczysław Sikora (born 1982), Polish footballer
Mieczysław Słaby (1905–1948), Polish military officer and medic
Mieczysław Słowikowski (1896–1989), Polish army officer
Mieczysław Smorawiński (1893–1940), Polish military general
Mieczysław Sołtys (1863–1929), Polish composer and conductor
Mieczysław Srokowski (1873–1910), Polish writer and poet
Mieczyslaw Staner (1924–2003), Polish Holocaust survivor and author
Mieczysław Stoor (1929–1973), Polish film actor
Mieczysław Strzałka (1947–2024), Polish gymnast
Mieczyslaw Sudowski (1897–1971), Polish-Australian author
Mieczysław Szczuka (1898–1927), Polish artist and mountaineer
Mieczysław Szczurek (1923–1978), Polish footballer
Mieczysław Szewczyk (born 1962), Polish footballer
Mieczysław Szostek (1933–2021), Polish doctor and politician
Mieczysław Szumiec (1907–1993), Polish footballer
Mieczysław Tarka (1919–1976), Polish footballer
Mieczysław Tarnawski (1924–1997), Polish actor
Mieczysław Thugutt (1902–1979), Polish politician
Mieczysław Tracz (1962–2019), Polish wrestler
Mieczysław Wachowski (born 1950), Polish politician
Mieczysław Walkiewicz (born 1949), Polish politician
Mieczysław Warmus (1918–2007), Polish mathematician and computer scientist
Mieczysław Wasilewski (born 1942), Polish graphic designer
Mieczysław Wawrzusiak (1928–1994), Polish footballer
Mieczysław Waśkowski (1929–2001), Polish actor and film director
Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996), Polish-Russian composer
Mieczysław Wilczek (1932–2014), Polish politician, chemist, and businessman
Mieczysław Wilczewski 1932–1993), Polish cyclist
Mieczysław Wiśniewski (1892–1952), Polish footballer
Mieczysław Wojczak (born 1951), Polish handball player
Mieczysław Wolfke (1883–1947), Polish physicist and university professor
Mieczysław Zdzienicki (1892–1953), Polish social activist and lawyer
Mieczysław Zub (1953–1985), Polish serial killer
Mieczysław Żywczyński 1901–1978), Polish historian and priest

Second name

Witold Mieczysław Bałażak (born 1964), Polish politician
Jerzy Mieczysław Chróścikowski (born 1953), Polish politician
Alfons Mieczysław Chrostowski (c. 1860–1920), Polish author and playwright
Kamil Mieczysław Grabara (born 1999), Polish professional footballer
Stefan Mieczysław Grzybowski (1902–2003), Polish law professor
Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński (born 1969), Polish Catholic priest
Władysław Mieczysław Kozłowski (1858–1935), Polish philosopher
Adam Mieczysław Stachowiak (born 1986), Polish footballer
Otton Mieczysław Żukowski (1867–1942), Polish composer

Mieczysława

Mieczysława Ćwiklińska (1879–1972), Polish film actress, stage actor and singer
Mieczysława Franczyk (born 1942), Polish rower

Fictional characters

Mieczysław "Mickey Doyle" Kuzik, character from the television series Boardwalk Empire
Mieczysław "Stiles" Stilinski, character from the 2011 television series Teen Wolf.
Mieczysław Wojnicz, the protagonist in Olga Tokarczuk’s 2022 novel, The Empusium.

References

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[1] Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Mieczysław

[ancestry-2] Ancestry.com: Meaning of the Name Mieczysław

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Notable people with the name

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Second name

Mieczysława

Fictional characters

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