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Святослава
“holy, sacred”·“fame, glory”
Святослава (Svjatosláva) is a feminine given name from Old East Slavic. It is used in Ukrainian.
Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Sviatoslava.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Святослава 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 Ukrainian святи́й (“holy, sacred”) + -о- + -слава (“fame, glory”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Святослава’s family of names
In Russian usage, Святослава has a conventional equivalent in the Romanian form SVEATOSLAVA. In Russian usage, Святослава has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form Sventoslava. In Russian usage, Святослава has a conventional equivalent in the French form SVIATOSLAVA.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Святослава has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Святосла́вhas masculine form
- SvjatoslavaSwedish, Italian
- SviatoslavaFrench, Spanish
- ŚwiatosławaPolish
- SwjatoslawaGerman
- SventoslavaLatin
- ΣβιατοσλάβαGreek
- SvyatoslavaEnglish
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