Given name & surname
Bohuslav
“to God”·“glory”
Bohuslav is a masculine given name from Ukrainian. It is used in English, Czech, and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bohuslav is built from elements meaning “to God” and “glory”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ukrainian Богусла́в, built from Ukrainian бо́гу (“to God”) + -слав (“glory”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Bohuslav’s family of names
In Czech usage, Bohuslav has a diminutive in Bohouš. Bohuslav shares a linguistic root with Bogusław. In Slovak usage, Bohuslav has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Bogusław.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bohuslav has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ukrainian roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
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 Bohuslav
- Bohuslav SobotkaCzech politicianborn 1971
- Bohuslav MartinůCzech composer (1890–1959)
- Bohuslav BalbínCzech baroque writer, philosopher, historian, linguist, religion writer, educator, writer, science writer and roman catholic priest1621–1688
- Bohuslav KarlíkCzechoslovak canoeist, speed canoeist and water slalomist (1908–1996)
- Bohuslav Matěj ČernohorskýCzech music educator, composer, organist and Roman Catholic priest (1684-1742)
- Bohuslav ŠťastnýCzech ice hockey playerborn 1949
- Bohuslav Hasištejnský z LobkovicCzech poet, traveller, humanist and satiricist1461–1510
- Bohuslav EbermannCzech ice hockey playerborn 1948
- Bohuslav BraunerCzech chemist (1855–1935)
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