Given name
Mścisław
Mścisław is a masculine given name from Old Polish, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Polish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Mścisław comes from Old Polish, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Its Slavonic formation brings together mshcha (“vengeance”) and slav (“glory”).
Mścisław’s family of names
Mścisław has an affectionate form in Mstik. Mścisław shares a linguistic root with Mstislav. In Polish usage, Mścisław has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Мстислав.
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Around the world
Mścisław has relatives in 5 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 1
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 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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