Given name
Hořeslav
“burn”·“glory, renown”
Hořeslav is a masculine given name from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Old Czech.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hořeslav is built from elements meaning “burn” and “glory, renown”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Slavic *gorislavъ, built from Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“burn”) + *slava (“glory, renown”) + *-ъ.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Hořeslav’s family of names
In Old Czech usage, Hořeslav has a related form in Horislav. In Old Czech usage, Hořeslav has a related form in Horislav. In Czech usage, Hořeslav has a conventional equivalent in Horisław.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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