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Given name · also Latin

Venceslau

“greater, more”·“fame, glory”

Venceslau is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Portuguese.

Original LatinWenceslaus

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Meaning & origin

What it means

Venceslau is built from elements meaning “greater, more” and “fame, glory”.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Venceslau comes from Latin, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Portuguese usage, Venceslau developed from Vácslav.

Venceslau’s family of names

Venceslau shares a linguistic root with Venceslao. In Catalan usage, Venceslau has a conventional equivalent in the French form Venceslas. In Portuguese usage, Venceslau developed from the Old Czech form Vácslav.

Walk Venceslau’s family in the name graph

VenceslauWenceslauWenceslausVenceslasWenceslasVenceslaoVenceslausWacławVácslav

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Venceslau has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.

Proto-Slavic

5 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 7

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Venceslau

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Similar names

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Slavic languages

Veleslav

“great” · “glory”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Slavic languages

Velislav

Velislav is a masculine given name from Slavic. It is used in English and Serbo-Croatian.

No U.S. birth series

89% boys · 11% girls

Slavic languages

Veselko

Veselko is a masculine given name from Slavic. It is used in English and Serbo-Croatian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Slavic

Vensil

Vensil is a masculine given name from German, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Faroese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Slavic languages

Estanislau

Estanislau is a masculine given name from Slavic. It is used in Portuguese.

No U.S. birth series

83% boys · 17% girls

Slavic languages

Vjenceslav

Vjenceslav is a masculine given name from Slavic. It is used in English and Serbo-Croatian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Slavic languages

Vedran

Vedran is a masculine given name from Slavic. It is used in English and Serbo-Croatian.

No U.S. birth series

99% boys · 1% girls

Slavic languages

Vojoslav

Vojoslav is a masculine given name from Slavic. It is used in English and Serbo-Croatian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

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