Given name · orv

Свѧтославъ

“holy”

Свѧтославъ (Svętoslavŭ) is a masculine given name. It is used in Old East Slavic.

orvWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Svętoslavŭ.

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Meaning & origin

What it means

Свѧтославъ goes back to a word meaning “holy.”

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How it developed

Built from Old East Slavic свѧтъ (“holy”) + -славъ.

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Свѧтославъ’s family of names

Свѧтославъ has a short form in Ст҃ославъ. Свѧтославъ can be written in the Roman alphabet as Svętoslavŭ. Свѧтославъ has a related form in Ст҃ославъ.

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Свѧтославъ has relatives in 3 languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Ст҃ославъshort form · orv

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Svętoslavŭromanization · orv

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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