Given name
Vaclovas
“one who receives more glory”
Vaclovas is a variant of Vaclav. In Czech use, Vaclav carries the interpretation “one who receives more glory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vaclovas is a variant of Vaclav. In Czech use, Vaclav carries the interpretation “one who receives more glory.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Vaclovas connects to the Wenceslas name family through Vaclav. An origin associated with Wenceslas is Slavic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslavъ (“greater glory”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Vaclovas’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Vaclovas shares a linguistic root with the Polish form Wacław. Vaclovas has a related form in Vaclav.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vaclovas
- Vaclovas KrutinisLithuanian sculptor (1948–2013)
- Vaclavas KidykasLithuanian athletics competitor (born 1961)
- Vaclovas BiržiškaLithuanian lawyer and writer (1884–1956)
- Vaclovas SidzikauskasLithuanian diplomat1893–1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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