Meaning, origin and history of the name Vladislav

Gender Masculine

Usage Russian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian

Scripts Pron. /vɫə.djɪ.ˈsɫaf/ (Russian) /ˈvla.ɟɪ.slaf/ (Czech) /ˈvla.ɟi.slau̯/ (Slovak) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

From the Old Slavic name *Voldislavŭ, derived from the elements volděti "to rule" and slava "glory" [1] [2] [3] [4] . This name has been borne by kings, princes and dukes of Croatia, Serbia, Bohemia, Poland and Wallachia.

Related Names

Rootsvolděti + slava

VariantsLadislav (Czech) Ladislav (Slovak) Ladislav (Slovene) Ladislav (Serbian) Ladislav (Croatian)

DiminutivesSlava, Vlad, Vladik (Russian) Vlado (Slovene) Vlado (Bulgarian) Vlada, Vlado (Serbian) Vlado (Croatian)

Feminine FormsVladislava, Lada, Vlada (Russian) Ladislava, Vladislava, Lada (Czech) Ladislava (Slovak)

Other Languages & CulturesUladzislau (Belarusian) Ladislas (French) László, Laci (Hungarian) Ladislao (Italian) Vladislavs (Latvian) Voldislavŭ (Old Slavic) Władysław, Władek, Włodzisław (Polish) Ladislau (Portuguese) Ladislau (Romanian) Ladislao (Spanish) Vladyslav, Slava, Vlad (Ukrainian)

Popularity

People think this name is

classic mature formal upper class strong refined strange complex serious

Name Days

Czechia: January 18

Slovakia: September 25

Sources & References

Moroshkin, Mikhail. Slavyanskiy Imenoslov Ili. Saint Petersburg, 1867, page 41.
Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford, 1990, page 333.
Derksen, Rick. Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon. Brill, 2008, page 524.
Derksen, Rick. Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon. Brill, 2008, page 453.

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