Given name
Wenceslas
“one who receives more glory”
Wenceslas is used as a given name. One Slavic interpretation is “one who receives more glory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Slavic interpretation is “one who receives more glory.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
How it developed
From French Wenceslas, from Medieval Latin Wenceslaus.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wenceslas’s family of names
Wenceslas shares a linguistic root with Vyacheslav. In French usage, Wenceslas has a related form in Venceslas. Wenceslas shares a linguistic root with Wenzel.
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Around the world
Wenceslas has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 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.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Wenceslaoequivalent
- Waclawrelated form
- Vaclavrelated form
- Wenzelversion of
- Vyacheslavcognate
- Wacławcognate · Polish
- Václavcognate · Czech
- Vencelrelated form
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Wenceslas
- Wenceslas LauretFrench rugby union playerborn 1989
- Wenceslas Kalibushicatholic Bishop1919–1997
- Wenceslas Compaoréburkinabé Roman Catholic priest (1934–2023)
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