Bronislav (feminine: Bronislava) is a
Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic elements ''borna'' ("to protect, to defend") and ''slava'' ("glory, fame"), thus meaning "defender of the glory".
Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Bronislav
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Notable people with the name
Bronislav
* Bronislav Bechyňský (1962–2011), Czech sport shooter
* Bronislav Červenka
Bronislav Červenka (born 27 September 1975) is a Czech football manager and former football midfielder.
Playing career
At the start of his career Červenka played in the Czech First League for clubs including Uherské Hradiště, Drnovice, Ba ...
(born 1975), Czech football player and manager
* Bronislav Danda (1930–2015), Czech ice hockey player
* Bronislav Gimpel (1911–1979), Polish-American violinist and teacher
* Bronislav Grombchevsky (1855–1926), Polish-Russian army officer and explorer
* Bronislav Kaminski
Bronislav Vladislavovich Kaminski (; 16 June 1899 – 28 August 1944) was a Soviet Collaboration in the German-occupied Soviet Union, Nazi collaborator. Some publications mistakenly give Kaminski's first name as ''Mieczyslaw''.Janusz Marszalec: ...
(1899–1944), Soviet Nazi collaborator
* Bronislav Poloczek
Bronislav Poloczek (; 7 August 1939 – 16 March 2012) was a Polish-Czech theatre and television actor.
Poloczek was born in Horní Suchá (Sucha Górna). He was best known for his appearances with the Prague National Theatre. He also appeare ...
(1939–2012), Polish-Czech theatre and television actor
* Bronislav Snetkov
Bronislav Snetkov (; born 24 November 1967) is a Soviet speed skater. He competed in two events at the 1992 Winter Olympics
The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Albertville '9 ...
(born 1967), Russian speed skater
* Bronislav Stáňa
Bronislav Stáňa (born 12 November 1993) is a retired Czech football midfielder.
Career
He joined Baník Ostrava, who were newly-relegated to Czech National Football League, from Znojmo in June 2016. He helped his team gain promotion back into ...
(born 1993), Czech footballer
Bronislava
* Bronislava Dobiášová
Bronislava Dobiášová (born 27 April 1998) is a Slovak figure skater, the 2014 senior national champion. She represented Slovakia at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She qualified for the free skate and finished 23rd. S ...
(born 1998), Slovak figure skater
* Bronislava Kerbelytė Bronislava Kerbelytė (January 27, 1935 – November 5, 2024) was Lithuanian folklorist, professor. (1935–2024), Lithuanian folklorist and professor
* Bronislava Nijinska
Bronislava Nijinska (; ; ; ; – February 21, 1972) was a Russian ballet dancer of Polish origin, and an innovative choreographer. She came of age in a family of traveling, professional dancers.
Her own career began in Saint Petersburg. Soon ...
(1891–1972), Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
* Bronislava of Poland
Blessed Bronislava ( Polish: ''Bronisława''; ''c.'' 1204–1259) was a Polish nun of the Premonstratensian Order. She is beatified in the Roman Catholic Church.
Early life
Bronislava was born at Kamień, Włodawa County, in eastern Poland ...
(–1259), Polish nun of the Premonstratensian Order
* Bronislava Poskrebysheva Bronislava Solomonovna Metallikova (Masenkis)-Poskrebysheva (, 1910–1941) was born in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, Proskurov, Podolia Governorate. She was the wife of Alexander Poskrebyshev, Joseph Stalin's personal assistant for many years.
Biography ...
(1910–1941), Russian physician and Soviet figure
* Bronislava Volková
Bronislava Volková (born Bronislava Fischerová; May 15, 1946) is a Czech-American poet, translator, scholar and collage artist. She emigrated from Czechoslovakia in 1974 and spent more than forty years in the United States.
Life and work
Her ...
(born 1946), Czech-American poet and translator
See also
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* Bronisław (given name)
* Branislav Branislav () is a Czech, Croatian, Russian, Slovak, Serbian, Slovene and Ukrainian given name. It also appears in Polish as Bronisław, in Russian as ''Bronislav,'' and Ukrainian as ''Boronyslav.'' The name is derived from the Slavic elements bran ...
* Slavic names
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic peoples, Slavic countries.
The main types of Slavic names:
* Two-base names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', ''Niemir, Němir/měr''), * ...
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