Given name · also Polish
Ladislas
“a glorious ruler”
Ladislas is used as a form of Polish.
Original PolishŁadysław
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Slavic interpretation is “a glorious ruler.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Polish.
How it developed
Ladislas is used as a form of Polish.
Ladislas’s family of names
In French usage, Ladislas shares a linguistic root with the Walloon form Adislasse. Ladislas has a related form in Laszlo. Ladislas has a related form in Ladislao.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ladislas has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 17
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ladislas
- Ladislas StarevichPolish-Russian stop-motion animator1882–1965
- Ladislas DouniamaCongolese footballerborn 1986
- Ladislas FodorHungarian novelist, playwright and screenwriter (1898-1978)
- Ladislas J. MedunaHungarian-American neurologist and neuropathologist (1896–1964)
- Ladislas SmidFrench footballer (1915–1990)
- Ladislas DormandiHungarian-born French writer1898–1967
- Ladislas LozanoFootball player and manager (born 1952)
- Ladislas LazaroAmerican politician (1872-1927)
- Ladislas KijnoFrench painter (1921-2012)
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