Given name
Vladislav
“one who rules with glory”
Vladislav is used as a given name. One Slavic interpretation is “one who rules with glory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Slavic interpretation is “one who rules with glory.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
How it developed
In Czech use, Vladislav is used as a form of Władysław.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Vladislav is a form of Władysław. The history of Władysław gives this family its wider story. Władysław has historical associations with Polish royalty.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Vladislav through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 637
- 637 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,647 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,647 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 36.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 36 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,820 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Vladislav’s family of names
In Czech usage, Vladislav has a diminutive in Vladislávek. In Czech usage, Vladislav shares an earlier linguistic root with Ladislav. In English usage, Vladislav has a related form in VLADYSLAV.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Vladislav has relatives in 14 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
17 related names in 14 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Vladislav
- Vladislav TretiakRussian ice hockey playerborn 1952
- Vladislav ArdzinbaPresident of Abkhazia (1945-2010)
- Vladislav ListyevRussian journalist (1956-1995)
- Vladislav VolkovSoviet cosmonaut (1935–1971)
- Vladislav VančuraCzech writer, film director, playwright and screenwriter (1891–1942)
- Vladislaus II, Duke and King of BohemiaDuke and King of Bohemia (1110–1172)
- Vladislav SurkovRussian politicianborn 1964
- Ladislao MazurkiewiczUruguayan footballer (1945-2013)
- Vladislav KhodasevichRussian poet, literary critic (1886–1939)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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