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Доброслав
“good, right”·“glory, renown”
Доброслав (Dobrósláv) is a masculine given name from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Bulgarian.
Bulgarian and Russian and SerbianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Dobroslav.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Доброслав is Dobroslav written in Cyrillic. Dobroslav is built from elements meaning “good, right” and “glory, renown”.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Proto-Slavic *Dobroslavъ, built from Bulgarian добър + -о- + сла́ва.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Доброслав’s family of names
In Russian usage, Доброслав has a transliteration in Dobroslav. In Russian usage, Доброслав has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Dobrosław. In Bulgarian usage, Доброслав can be written in the Roman alphabet as Dobrósláv.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Доброслав has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Доброслав
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