Given name & surname
Wenceslaus
“one who receives more glory”
Wenceslaus is a variant of Wenceslas. One Slavic interpretation is “one who receives more glory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wenceslaus is a variant of Wenceslas. One Slavic interpretation is “one who receives more glory.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Wenceslaus is a variant of Wenceslas. An origin associated with Wenceslas is Slavic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Wenceslaus developed from Vácslav.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wenceslaus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 61
- 61 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1939. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1928.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Wenceslaus’s family of names
In German usage, Wenceslaus has a diminutive in Wenzel. In English usage, Wenceslaus shares a linguistic root with Vyacheslav. In English usage, Wenceslaus has a conventional equivalent in the Galician form WENCESLAO.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Wenceslaus has relatives in 22 languages.
27 related names in 22 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 29
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- WenceslaoSpanish, Galician
- Vyacheslavcognate · English
- VaclavSerbo-Croatian
- Venceslausequivalent
- Венцеславequivalent
- Вѧцеславеequivalent
- Vaclovasequivalent
- Вячеславcognate · Russian
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- В'ячеславcognate · Ukrainian
- Вячаслаўcognate · Belarusian
- VenceslasFrench
- VenceslaoSpanish, Italian
- Venceslauborrowing · Portuguese
- Vjačeslavscognate · Latvian
- VáclavCzech, Slovak
- Vácslavroot · zlw-ocs
- Венцесла́вUkrainian
- В'ячесла́вUkrainian
- ВацлавSerbo-Croatian, Bulgarian
- Вячесла́вRussian
- WenceslauPortuguese
- WacławPolish
- ВенциславMacedonian
- ヴァーツラフJapanese
- VencelHungarian
- WenzeslausGerman
- VensilFaroese
- VěnceslavCzech
- Вячасла́ўBelarusian
People named Wenceslaus
- Wenceslaus HollarCzech cartographer, painter of nature, portrait painter and engraver (1607-1677)
- Wenceslaus I of Saxe-WittenbergElector of Saxony, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg and Prince of Lüneburg1337–1388
- Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karstenmathematician (1732-1787)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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