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Вацлав
“one who receives more glory”
Вацлав is a given name from Czech. It is used in Bulgarian.
Bulgarian and Russian and Ukrainian and rueWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Wenceslaus.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Вацлав is Vaclav written in Cyrillic. In Czech use, Vaclav carries the interpretation “one who receives more glory.” Vaclav is a form of Wenceslas. One Slavic interpretation is “one who receives more glory.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Вацлав comes from Czech, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
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How it developed
From Czech Václav, from Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslavъ.
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Вацлав’s family of names
In Bulgarian usage, Вацлав has a transliteration in Vaclav. In Russian usage, Вацлав has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Václav. Вацлав has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Wacław.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Вацлав has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Czech roots to each of them.
Czechwhere Вацлав comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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