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Mieczysław

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Gender
  
male

Alternative spelling
  
Mečislovas

Word/name
  
Slavic

Variant form(s)
  
Mieczysława (f)

Meaning
  
miecz (from "miecz", "sword") + sław ("glory, famous")

Nickname(s)
  
Mietek, Miecio, Mieszko, Stiles

Mieczysław ([mʲɛtʂɨˈswaf]) or Mečislovas (Lithuanian) is a Slavic name of Polish origin and consists of two parts: miecz "sword", and sław "glory, famous". Feminine form: Mieczysława. Alternate form: Mieszko.

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This name may refer to:

People

  • Mieczysław Batsch, Polish footballer
  • Mieczysław Boruta-Spiechowicz, a Polish military officer, a general of the Polish Army and a notable member of the post-war anti-communist opposition in Poland
  • Mieczysława Ćwiklińska, a Polish film actress, stage actor and singer. She was often nicknamed Lińska or Amiette.
  • Mieczysław Fogg, Polish singer
  • Mieczysław Garsztka, Polish aviator, flying ace in the German Air Force in World War I
  • Mečislovas Gedvilas, Lithuanian Soviet politician, first Prime Minister of the Lithuanian SSR
  • Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, a Cardinal Ledóchowski
  • Mieczysław Horszowski, a Polish pianist
  • Mieczysław Jagielski, Polish communist politician and economist
  • Mieczysław Janowski, a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament
  • Mieczysław Karłowicz, a Polish composer and conductor
  • Mieczysław Kawalec, Polish officer in the anti-communist resistance
  • Mieczysław Mickiewicz, Polish-Ukrainian politician
  • Mieczysław Moczar, a Polish communist who played a prominent role in the history of the Polish People's Republic
  • Mieczysław Mokrzycki, Polish Catholic archbishop
  • Mieczysław Munz, a Polish-American pianist
  • Miguel Najdorf, a Polish-born Argentine chess grandmaster of Jewish origin, famous for his Najdorf Variation
  • Mieczysław Niedziałkowski, Polish writer and activist executed during the German AB-Aktion in Poland
  • Mieczysław Nowicki, Polish Olympic medalist in bicycle racing and Minister of Sport
  • Mieczysław Połukard, a Polish speedway rider and coach
  • Mieczysław Rakowski, a Polish communist politician, historian and journalist
  • Mečislovas Reinys, was the Lithuanian Roman Catholic archbishop of the Vilnius, Minsk and Tiddi dioceses, a professor at Vytautas Magnus University
  • Mieczysław Zygfryd Słowikowski, Polish army officer
  • Mieczysław Smorawiński, Polish general who died in the Katyn massacre
  • Mieczysław Stoor, Polish film actor
  • Mieczysław Weinberg, an important Soviet composer of Polish-Jewish origin
  • Mieczysław Wolfke, Polish physicist

    • Fiction

  • Mieczysław "Stiles" Stilinski, a character from the 2011 television series Teen Wolf.

    • References

    Mieczysław Wikipedia
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