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Святослав
“holy, sacred”·“fame, glory”
Святослав (Svjatosláv) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic. It is used in Russian and Ukrainian.
Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Sviatoslav.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Святослав is built from elements meaning “holy, sacred” and “fame, glory”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old East Slavic Свѧтославъ, built from Russian свят (“holy, sacred”) + -о- + слава (“fame, glory”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Святослав’s family of names
In Russian usage, Святослав has a conventional equivalent in the English form Svyatoslav. In Russian usage, Святослав has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form SVIATOSLAV. In Russian usage, Святослав has a conventional equivalent in the Romanian form SVEATOSLAV.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Святослав has relatives in 12 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
13 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 18
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 Святослав
- Sviatoslav IPrince of Kiev942–972
- Sviatoslav RichterSoviet pianist (1915-1997)
- Sviatoslav II of Kievgrand prince of Kiev (1027–1076)
- Sviatoslav MykhailiukUkrainian basketball player (born 1997)
- Sviatoslav III of VladimirGrand Prince of Vladimir (1196-1252)
- Svyatoslav FyodorovRussian physician (1927-2000)
- Sviatoslav III of KievGrand Prince of Kiev1123–1194
- Svetoslav RoerichRussian artist (1904-1993)
- Sviatoslav OlgovichKievan Rus' noble1106–1164
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