Given name
Wenceslau
“greater, more”·“fame, glory”
Wenceslau is a masculine given name. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wenceslau is a form of Venceslau. Venceslau is built from elements meaning “greater, more” and “fame, glory”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Wenceslau is a form of Venceslau. Venceslau comes from Latin, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wenceslau’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Wenceslau has a related form in Venceslau. In Portuguese usage, Wenceslau has a conventional equivalent in the English form Wenceslaus.
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 Wenceslau
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Wenceslau, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.