Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Croatian, Slovene
Meaning & History
Short form of names containing the Slavic element slava meaning "glory". It is typically masculine in Russia and Belarus, unisex in Ukraine, and feminine the South Slavic countries.
Related Names
VariantsStas, Vlad, Vladik, Yarik (Russian) Stas, Vlad (Ukrainian) Mira, Stana, Staša (Croatian) Mira, Miša, Staša (Slovene)
Feminine FormsStanislava, Vladislava, Yaroslava (Russian) Stanislava, Vladyslava, Yaroslava (Ukrainian) Yaraslava (Belarusian)
Other Languages & CulturesMiroslava, Stanislav, Stanislava, Svetoslav, Velislav, Ventseslav, Ventsislav, Vladislav, Vlado (Bulgarian) Jaroslav, Jaroslava, Miroslava, Stanislav, Stanislava, Svatoslav, Václav, Věnceslav, Vladislav, Jára, Jarek, Jarka, Jaro, Jaruška, Ladislav, Mirka, Slávek, Stáňa, Vašek (Czech) Ladislas, Stanislas, Venceslas (French) Wenzel, Wenzeslaus (German) Wenceslas, Wenceslaus (History) László, Vencel, Laci, Míra (Hungarian) Stanislao, Ladislao, Venceslao (Italian) Staņislava, Staņislavs, Vjačeslavs, Vladislavs (Latvian) Jaroslavas, Stanislova, Stanislovas, Vaclovas, Stasė, Stasys (Lithuanian) Miroslava, Mira (Macedonian) Veceslav (Medieval Czech) Veaceslav (Moldovan) Jaroslavŭ, Stanislavŭ, Svętoslavŭ, Vęťeslavŭ, Voldislavŭ (Old Slavic) Jarosław, Mirosława, Stanisław, Stanisława, Świętosław, Wacław, Więcesław, Władysław, Jarek, Jarosława, Mira, Mirka, Sława, Stan, Stasia, Wielisław, Wiesław, Wisław, Władek, Włodzisław (Polish) Ladislau, Venceslau (Portuguese) Ladislau, Stan (Romanian) Miroslava, Stanislav, Stanislava, Svetislav, Višeslav, Vladislav, Ladislav, Mira, Mirka, Stana, Staša, Vlada, Vlado (Serbian) Jaroslav, Jaroslava, Miroslava, Stanislav, Stanislava, Václav, Vladislav, Jarka, Jaro, Ladislav, Mirka (Slovak) Estanislao, Ladislao, Wenceslao (Spanish)
User SubmissionSláva
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Name Days
Slovakia: December 18 (as Sláva)
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Entry updated May 26, 2026