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Ростислав
“to grow”·“glory, fame”
Ростислав (Rostysláv) is a masculine given name. It is used in Russian and Ukrainian.
Bulgarian and Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Rostislav.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ростислав is built from elements meaning “to grow” and “glory, fame”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Ростислав is Rostislav written in Cyrillic. Rostislav comes from Russian and Ukrainian.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Built from Ukrainian рости (“to grow”) + -слав (“glory, fame”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ростислав’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Ростислав has a diminutive in Ро́стик. In Russian usage, Ростислав has a transliteration in Rostislav. In Russian usage, Ростислав can be written in the Roman alphabet as Rostisláv.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ростислав
- Rostislav I of KievGrand Prince of Kiev (1110-1167)1107–1167
- Rostislav PlyattSoviet actor (1908–1989)
- Rostislav AlexeyevSoviet shipbuilder (1916-1980)
- Rostyslav ZaulychnyiUkrainian boxerborn 1968
- Rostyslav PevtsovAzerbaijani triathleteborn 1987
- Rostyslav HertsykUkrainian fencerborn 1989
- Rostyslav DerzhypilskyUkrainian theatre director and actorborn 1975
- Rostislav BratunUkrainian journalist and poet (1927–1995)
- Rostislav FadeyevRussian military historian, journalist and military personnel (1824-1883)
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