Given name
Ladislava
“a glorious ruler”·“one who rules with glory”
Ladislava is a feminine form of Vladislav. One Slavic interpretation is “one who rules with glory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Slavic use, Ladislava carries the interpretation “a glorious ruler.” Ladislava is a feminine form of Vladislav. One Slavic interpretation is “one who rules with glory.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
How it developed
Ladislava is used as a feminine counterpart of Vladislav.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ladislava through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 0 boys · 23 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 8 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 girls is 5 in 1924. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1923.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ladislava’s family of names
In Czech usage, Ladislava has a diminutive in Lada. Ladislava is a feminine form of Vladislav. Ladislava has a related form in Ladislavah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ladislava has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Ladadiminutive · Czech
- Láďadiminutive · Czech
- Ladyslaveavariant
- Ladyslaviavariant
- Ladyslavavariant
- Ladislaveavariant
- Ladislaviavariant
- Ladislavahvariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Slavuškaalso known as · Czech
- Slavěnkaalso known as · Czech
- Slávkaalso known as · Czech
- Ladušealso known as · Czech
- Ladušalso known as · Czech
- Ladičkaalso known as · Czech
- Laděnkaalso known as · Czech
- Laduškaalso known as · Czech
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