Given name

Bronislav

Bronislav is a masculine given name. It is used in Czech.

Original CzechBroňa

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Bronislav comes from Czech.

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How it developed

From Czech Bronislav.

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Bronislav’s family of names

In Czech usage, Bronislav has a diminutive in Broňa. In Slovenian usage, Bronislav has a feminine form in Bronislava. Bronislav has a related form in Branislav.

Walk Bronislav’s family in the name graph

BronislavБрониславBranislavBroňaBronislavaBronislausБроніславBronisław

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

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Around the world

Bronislav has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Czech roots to each of them.

Czech

Czechwhere Bronislav comes from · 3 names

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Nicknames & forms 2

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 4

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 Bronislav

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