Mieczyslaw
Mieczysław is a masculine Polish given name .
Origin and meaning
Mieczysław is a given name of Slavic origin and consists of the components miecz for sword and sław for fame.
Diminutive of the first name are Mieszko and Mietek. His feminine form is Mieczysława .
Well-known namesake
- Mieczysław Batsch (1900–1977), Polish football player
- Mieczysław Broński (1882–1938), Polish social democrat and author, as well as a Soviet diplomat
- Mieczysław Burda (1916–1990), Polish ice hockey player and coach
- Mieczysław Centnerszwer (1874–1944), Polish chemist
- Mieczysław Cieniuch (* 1951), Polish officer and ambassador
- Mieczysław Cieślar (1950–2010), Polish Lutheran theologian and bishop of the Evangelical Augsburg Church in Poland
- Mieczysław Cisło (* 1945), Polish Roman Catholic bishop
- Mieczysław Fogg (1901–1990), Polish chanson singer
- Mieczysław Gocuł (* 1963), Polish general
- Mieczysław Golba (* 1966), Polish politician
- Mieczysław Groszek (* 1951), Polish bank manager
- Mieczysław Horszowski (1892–1993), Polish pianist
- Mieczysław Jaworski (1930-2001), Polish Roman Catholic bishop
- Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876–1909), Polish composer
- Mieczysław Kasprzycki (1910–2001), Polish ice hockey player and coach
- Mieczysław Kosz (1944–1973), Polish jazz pianist
- Mieczysław Kuźma (1907–1983) Polish architect
- Mieczysław von Kwilecki (1833–1918), Polish landowner and politician in Prussia and the German Empire
- Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski (1822–1902), Polish cardinal to the Curia
- Mieczysław Litwiński (* 1955), Polish composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer and music teacher
- Mieczysław Maneli (1922–1994), Polish diplomat and university professor
- Mieczysław Młynarski (* 1956), Polish basketball player and coach
- Mieczysław Moczar (1913–1986), Polish politician
- Mieczysław Mokrzycki (* 1961), Polish Roman Catholic Archbishop
- Mieczysław Nowak (1936–2006), Polish weightlifter
- Mieczysław Palus (1921–1986), Polish ice hockey player and coach
- Mieczysław Pawełkiewicz (1938–2007), Polish luge rider
- Mieczysław Pemper (1920–2011), German-Polish concentration camp inmate
- Mieczysław Rakowski (1926–2008), Polish politician
- Mieczysław Zygfryd Słowikowski (1896–1989), Polish officer
- Mieczysław Sołtys (1863–1929), Polish composer
- Mieczysław Surzyński (1866–1924), Polish organist and composer
- Mieczysław Świerz (1891–1929), Polish mountaineer
- Mieczysław Szcześniak (* 1964), Polish musician ("Miecz")
- Mieczysław Wallis (1895–1975), Polish philosopher and art historian
- Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996), Soviet composer
- Mieczysław Wilczek (1932–2014), Polish entrepreneur, chemist, lawyer and politician
- Mieczysław Wilczewski (1932–1993), Polish racing cyclist