Gender: Feminine
Origin: Polish
Meaning: “glory to god.”
(bo-goo-KFOW-wah)
The name is composed of the Old Polish elements, bog, (god) and chwała (glory).
Another form is Bogufała.
Masculine forms include Boguchwał, Boguchał, Bogufał, Bogofał, Bogchwał, Bochwał and Bofał.
Other non-Polish masculine forms include:
Bohuchval (Czech)
Gottdank (German)
Bogohval (Slovene)
Boguchval (Russian)
The designated name-days are: March 18 and September 23.
Source
There are very few of us it seems. Anyone else out there with this name that only Nordic people seem to know how to say?