Given name
Bratislav
Bratislav is a masculine given name. It is used in Serbo-Croatian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
Its Slavonic formation brings together brat (“brother”) and slav (“glory”).
Bratislav’s family of names
Bratislav has a feminine form in Bratislava.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Bratislav
- Bratislav PunoševacSerbian association football playerborn 1987
- Bratislav GašićSerbian politician, businessman and economistborn 1967
- Bratislav RistićSerbian footballerborn 1980
- Bratislav PetkovićSerbian politician1948–2021
- Bratislav ŽivkovićSerbian footballerborn 1970
- Bratislav RistićYugoslav boxerborn 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Bratislav, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Břetislav
Břetislav is a masculine given name from Old Czech. It is used in Czech.
>99% boys
Blahoslav
“blessed” · “glory”
>99% boys
Bratumił
>99% boys
Bronisław
“to protect”
>99% boys
Techoslav
“one who provides comfort to others”
>99% boys
Stanislas
“the glory of the camp”
98% boys · 2% girls
Przybyslaw
>99% boys
Władysław
Władysław is a masculine given name from Czech, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Polish.
>99% boys
Sibling ideas
Names that share Bratislav’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.
A brother for Bratislav