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Václav

Gender: Masculine
Usage: Czech, Slovak

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Meaning & History

Contracted form of an older Czech name Veceslav, derived from the Slavic elements vęťĭjĭ "more, greater" and slava "glory". Saint Václav (known as Wenceslas or Wenceslaus in English) was a 10th-century Duke of Bohemia murdered by his brother. He is the patron saint of the Czech Republic. This was also the name of several Bohemian kings.

Related Names

Variants (Czech): Věnceslav
Diminutives (Czech): Vašek
Feminine Forms (Czech): Václava, Věnceslava, Vendula
Other Languages & Cultures (Belarusian): Viachaslau
(Ukrainian): Slava
(Bulgarian): Velislav, Ventseslav, Ventsislav
(Serbian): Višeslav
(French): Venceslas
(German): Wenzel, Wenzeslaus
(History): Wenceslas, Wenceslaus
(Hungarian): Vencel
(Italian): Venceslao
(Latvian): Vjačeslavs
(Lithuanian): Vaclovas
(Medieval Czech): Veceslav
(Moldovan): Veaceslav
(Old Slavic): Vęťeslavŭ
(Polish): Wacław, Więcesław, Wielisław, Wiesław, Wisław
(Portuguese): Venceslau
(Ukrainian): Vatslav, Vyacheslav
(Slovene): Venčeslav
(Spanish): Wenceslao
Surname Descendants (Czech): Vančura, Vančurová

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