Given name
Slava
“one who receives more glory”
In Russian use, Slava is an affectionate form of Vyacheslav. In Russian use, Vyacheslav carries the interpretation “one who receives more glory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Russian use, Slava is an affectionate form of Vyacheslav. In Russian use, Vyacheslav carries the interpretation “one who receives more glory.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Slava is an affectionate form of Vyacheslav.
Slava’s family of names
Slava is an affectionate form of Vyacheslav. In Slovak usage, Slava is a diminutive of Miloslava.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Slava
- Slava MetreveliSoviet and Georgian footballer (1936–1998)
- Slava PoluninRussian actor, director and clownborn 1950
- Slava FrolovaUkrainian presenterborn 1976
- Slava RabinovichRussian and US financial consultant and analitics1966–2022
- Slava KPSSRussian rapperborn 1990
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