Given name & surname

Blahoslav

“blessed”·“glory”

Blahoslav is a masculine given name. It is used in Czech and Slovak.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Blahoslav is built from elements meaning “blessed” and “glory”.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Its Slavonic formation brings together blago (“blessed”) and slav (“glory”).

Blahoslav’s family of names

Blahoslav has an affectionate form in BlahoS(ek). Blahoslav has a feminine form in Blahoslava. In Czech usage, Blahoslav has a conventional equivalent in the German form ADALBERT.

Walk Blahoslav’s family in the name graph

BlahoslavBlahoslávekBlahuSeBlahoS(ek)MacariusAdalbertBlahoslavaΜακάριοςBalázs

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Blahoslav has relatives in 5 languages.

LatinCzech

7 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 3

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

Across languages 6

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

See also 5

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

Similar names

If you love Blahoslav, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old Slavonic

Bratislav

Bratislav is a masculine given name. It is used in Serbo-Croatian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Native American

Techoslav

“one who provides comfort to others”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Slavonic

Břetislav

Břetislav is a masculine given name from Old Czech. It is used in Czech.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Slavonic

Bratumił

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Slavonic

Stanislas

“the glory of the camp”

No U.S. birth series

98% boys · 2% girls

Old Slavonic

Radosław

Radosław is a masculine given name. It is used in Polish.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Slavonic

Ludosław

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Slavonic

Lechosław

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Blahoslav’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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