Given name & surname
Wacław
“one who receives more glory”
Wacław is a form of Wenceslas. One Slavic interpretation is “one who receives more glory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wacław is a form of Wenceslas. One Slavic interpretation is “one who receives more glory.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Wacław is a form of Wenceslas. An origin associated with Wenceslas is Slavic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish use, Wacław is used as a form of Wenceslas.
Wacław’s family of names
In Polish usage, Wacław has a diminutive in WACEK. In Polish usage, Wacław shares a linguistic root with the Lithuanian form Vaclovas. In Polish usage, Wacław has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form WENCESLAO.
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Around the world
Wacław has relatives in 21 languages.
20 related names in 21 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 24
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- WenceslaoSpanish
- WenceslausEnglish
- Vyacheslavequivalent
- WenzelGerman
- ВячеславRussian
- VenceslasFrench, Norwegian Bokmål
- VenceslaoSpanish, Italian
- Vaclovascognate · Lithuanian
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Wacław
- Vaslav NijinskyPolish-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer1889–1950
- Wacław SierpińskiPolish mathematician1882–1969
- Vatslav VorovskySoviet diplomat (1871-1923)
- Wacław SieroszewskiPolish writer (1858-1945)
- Wacław of SzamotułyPolish composer1520–1560
- Wacław PotockiPolish noble1621–1696
- Wacław BerentPolish novelist and translator (1873–1940)
- Wacław StachiewiczPolish general (1894-1973)
- Wacław KucharPolish military officer and footballer (1897-1981)
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