Given name & surname · also Slavic
Svetoslav
Svetoslav is a masculine given name from Slavic.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Svetoslav comes from Slavic, and ultimately from Slavic languages.
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Svetoslav’s family of names
In Greek usage, Svetoslav as a surname is a transliteration of Σβέτοσλαβ. In Greek usage, Svetoslav as a surname is a transliteration of Σβετοσλάβ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Svetoslav
- Svetoslav DyakovBulgarian footballerborn 1984
- Svetoslav TodorovBulgarian footballerborn 1978
- Svetoslav VutsovBulgarian footballerborn 2002
- Svetoslav PetrovBulgarian footballerborn 1978
- Svetoslav SlavchevBulgarian writer1926–2016
- Svetoslav MalinovMember of the European Parliament from Bulgariaborn 1968
- Svetoslav StoyanovBulgarian badminton playerborn 1976
- Slavi MerdzhanovBulgarian revolutionary (1876–1901)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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