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Владислав
“to rule”·“fame, glory”
Владислав (Vladisláv) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Russian, Ukrainian, Macedonian, and Pannonian Rusyn.
Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and Serbian and Ukrainian and rskWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Vladislav.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Владислав is built from elements meaning “to rule” and “fame, glory”.
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Where it comes from
Владислав comes from Old East Slavic, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
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How it developed
From Old East Slavic Владиславъ, from Old Polish Władysław, from Old Czech Vladislav, from Proto-Slavic *Voldislavъ.
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Владислав’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Владислав has a diminutive in Влад. In Russian usage, Владислав shares a linguistic root with the Lithuanian form VLADISLOVAS. In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Владислав has a conventional equivalent in the English form Vladislav.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Владислав has relatives in 14 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
13 related names in 14 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Владислав
- Vladislav TretiakRussian ice hockey playerborn 1952
- Vladislav ArdzinbaPresident of Abkhazia (1945-2010)
- Vladislav ListyevRussian journalist (1956-1995)
- Vladislav VolkovSoviet cosmonaut (1935–1971)
- Vladislav SurkovRussian politicianborn 1964
- Vladislav KhodasevichRussian poet, literary critic (1886–1939)
- Vladislav RadimovRussian footballerborn 1975
- Vladislav GalkinSoviet and Russian actor (1971–2010)
- Vladyslav VashchukUkrainian footballerborn 1975
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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