Given name · Bulgarian · Russian
Вячеслав
“greater, more”·“glory, fame”
Вячеслав (Vjačesláv) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Russian.
Bulgarian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Wenceslaus.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Вячеслав is built from elements meaning “greater, more” and “glory, fame”.
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Where it comes from
Вячеслав comes from Old East Slavic, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
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How it developed
From Old East Slavic Вѧчеславъ, from Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslàvъ, built from Proto-Slavic *vęťьjь (“greater, more”) + *slàva (“glory, fame”).
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Вячеслав’s family of names
In Russian usage, Вячеслав has a diminutive in Вячеславка. In Russian usage, Вячеслав shares a linguistic root with the English form Wenceslaus. In Russian usage, Вячеслав has a conventional equivalent in the English form Vyacheslav.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Вячеслав has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
16 related names in 13 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 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 23
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- WenceslaoSpanish
- WenzelGerman
- Wenceslauscognate · English
- VyacheslavEnglish
- Więcesławequivalent
- Вячаслаўequivalent
- Ventseslavequivalent
- Vjatšeslavequivalent
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- Venčeslavequivalent
- Вацлаўequivalent
- VenceslasFrench, Czech
- VenceslaoSpanish, Italian
- VáclavCzech, Slovak
- Viatcheslavequivalent
- Viacheslavequivalent
- Вячесла́вhas masculine form
- WacławPolish
- VencelHungarian
- ВенцеславBulgarian
- В'ячеславcognate · Ukrainian
- WiaczesławPolish
- Вѧцьславеcognate · zle-ono
- Вѧчеславъolder form · orv
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Вячеслав
- Vyacheslav MolotovSoviet politician, statesman and diplomat (1890–1986)
- Vyacheslav TikhonovSoviet and Russian actor (1928–2009)
- Vyacheslav VolodinChairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russian Federationborn 1964
- Vyacheslav ZudovSoviet cosmonaut (1942–2024)
- Vyacheslav KaravayevRussian association football playerborn 1995
- Vyacheslav MenzhinskySoviet politician (1874-1934)
- Vyacheslav von PlehveRussian politician (1846-1904)
- Vyacheslav IvanovSoviet linguist (1929-2017)
- Vyacheslav BykovSoviet and Russian ice hockey playerborn 1960
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