Given name
Věnceslav
“one who receives more glory”
Věnceslav is a form of Wenceslas. One Slavic interpretation is “one who receives more glory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Věnceslav is a form of Wenceslas. One Slavic interpretation is “one who receives more glory.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Věnceslav is a form of Wenceslas. An origin associated with Wenceslas is Slavic.
Explained through its name family
Věnceslav’s family of names
In Czech usage, Věnceslav has a diminutive in Slávek. Věnceslav has a feminine form in Vénceslava. In Czech usage, Věnceslav has a related form in Václav.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Věnceslávekdiminutive · Czech
- Slávekdiminutive · Czech
- Věnekdiminutive · Czech
- Vencadiminutive · Czech
- Vašekdiminutive · Czech
- Václavdiminutive · Czech
- VenuSkapet form
- Venkapet form
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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.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Věnceslav
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