Given name
Miloslav
“one who is honored; one who loves glory”
Miloslav is used as a given name. One Czech interpretation is “one who is honored; one who loves glory.”
Original CzechMilda
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Czech interpretation is “one who is honored; one who loves glory.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Czech.
How it developed
Built from Proto-Slavic *mìlъ (“dear, kind”) + *slàva (“glory, renown”) + *-ъ.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Miloslav’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Miloslav has a short form in Milo. Miloslav has a feminine form in Miloslava. Miloslav has a related form in Miloslaw.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Miloslav has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Czech roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Miloslav
- Miloslav VlkCzech Catholic Cardinal (1932–2017)
- Miloslav Mečířa Slovak tennis player and trainerborn 1964
- Miloslav RansdorfCzech politician and europarliamentarian, member of Czech Parliament (1996–2004)1953–2016
- Miloslav KabeláčCzech composer and conductor (1908–1979)
- Miloslav HořavaCzech ice hockey player and coachborn 1961
- Miloslav StinglCzech traveller, photographer and writer (1930-2020)
- Miloslav PokornýCzechoslovak ice hockey player (1926–1948)
- Miloslav Mečíř Jr.Slovak tennis playerborn 1988
- Miloslav ŠvandrlíkCzech humorist, bookwriter and children books writer (1932-2009)
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