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Given name · Bulgarian · Russian

Слава

“glory, fame”

Слава (Sláva) is a masculine given name from Proto-Slavic, meaning “glory, fame.” It is used in Russian.

Bulgarian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Sláva.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Слава means “glory, fame.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Слава comes from Proto-Slavic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Proto-Slavic *slàva (“glory, fame”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Слава’s family of names

In Bulgarian usage, Слава shares a linguistic root with Десислава. In Russian usage, Слава can be written in the Roman alphabet as Sláva.

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СлаваSlávaДесиславаСла́ва

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Spellings & scripts 1

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

Across languages 2

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

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