Given name & surname
Ladislav
“one who rules with glory”·“a glorious ruler”
In Czech use, Ladislav has a related form in Vladislav. One Slavic interpretation is “one who rules with glory.” Ladislav is a variant of Ladislas. One Slavic interpretation is “a glorious ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Czech use, Ladislav has a related form in Vladislav. One Slavic interpretation is “one who rules with glory.” Ladislav is a variant of Ladislas. One Slavic interpretation is “a glorious ruler.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Czech use, Ladislav is used as a variant of Vladislav.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ladislav through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 82
- 82 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1914
- 11 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 7 in 1924. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 338 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ladislav’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Ladislav has a diminutive in Lacko. In Czech usage, Ladislav shares an earlier linguistic root with Vladislav. In Slovak usage, Ladislav has a related form in Laco.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ladislav has relatives in 8 languages.
8 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Vladyslavequivalent
- Ladiequivalent
- Laddieequivalent
- Ladislaoequivalent
- Ladislavafeminine form · Czech, Slovene
- LadislausEnglish, German
- Wladislausequivalent
- Ladislauequivalent
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ladislav
- Ladislav KrejčíCzech association football player (1992-)
- Ladislav KrejčíCzech association football player (born 1999)
- Ladislav NovákCzech footballer (1931-2011)
- Ladislav JurkemikSlovak footballerborn 1953
- Ladislav MňačkoSlovak dramatic, politic writer and bookwriter (1919–1994)
- Ladislav PetrášSlovak footballerborn 1946
- Ladislav VízekCzech footballerborn 1955
- Ladislav ŽeníšekCzech footballer (1904–1985)
- Ladislav FuksCzech novelist and writer (1923–1994)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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