Given name · also Latin
Ladislaus
“a glorious ruler”
Ladislaus is a variant of Ladislas. One Slavic interpretation is “a glorious ruler.”
Original LatinVladislaus
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ladislaus is a variant of Ladislas. One Slavic interpretation is “a glorious ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ladislaus comes from Medieval Latin, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
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How it developed
From Medieval Latin Ladislaus, from Proto-Slavic *voldь (“power”), from Proto-Slavic *slava (“glory”).
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ladislaus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 212
- 212 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1934. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 1915.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ladislaus’s family of names
In English usage, Ladislaus shares an earlier linguistic root with Vladislav. In English usage, Ladislaus has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Ladislao. In English usage, Ladislaus has a conventional equivalent in the Slovenian form Vladislav.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ladislaus has relatives in 21 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
17 related names in 21 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 18
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ladislaus
- Ladislaus WeinekAustro-Hungarian astronomer (1848-1913)
- Ladislaus VajdaHungarian screenwriter (1877-1933)
- Ladislaus LöbGermany literature scholar (1933–2021)
- Ladislaus HollósHungarian botanist (1859–1940)
- Ladislaus KurpielAustrian footballer (1883-1930)
- Archduke Ladislaus Philipp of Austriaarchduke of Austria (1875-1895)
- Ladislaus von RabcewiczAustrian civil engineer1893–1975
- Ladislaus Boros(1927–1981)
- Ladislaus II KánHungarian noble1201–1278
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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