Ladislav

For other uses of this name and its variations, see Ladislaus (disambiguation).

Ladislav (pronounced Lah-dee-slav) is a name of Slavic origin. It is composed of the name of the ancient Slavic goddess of love Lada and the Slavic word slava (worship, glory). The name means He who worships Lada or He who glorifies Lada and has pagan roots. The name is popular among all Slavic nations as well as some neighboring non-Slavic countries.

The female form of this name would be Ladislava.

Spellings and variations

In Bulgarian and Russian this name is spelled in Cyrillic: Ладислав. In Hungarian this name is spelled László.

Notable athletes with this name

• Ladislav Beneš, Czechoslovakian Olympic handball player
• Ladislav Benýšek, Czech ice hockey player
• Ladislav Čepčianský, Czechoslovakian sprint canoer
• Ladislav Dluhoš, Czechoslovakian ski jumper
• Ladislav Hecht, Czechoslovakian/American tennis player
• Ladislav Jurkemik, Czechoslovakian/Slovakian footballer and manager
• Ladislav Kačáni, Czechoslovakian footballer and coach
• Ladislav Kohn, Czech ice hockey player
• Ladislav Kuna, Czechoslovakian footballer
• Ladislav Lubina, Czechoslovakian ice hockey player and coach
• Ladislav Maier, Czech footballer
• Ladislav Nagy, Slovakian ice hockey player
• Ladislav Novák, Czechoslovakian footballer
• Ladislav Pataki, Czechoslovakian/American coach and sports scientist
• Ladislav Pavlovič, Czechoslovakian footballer
• Ladislav Petráš, Czechoslovakian footballer
• Ladislav Rybánsky, Slovakian footballer
• Ladislav Rygl, Jr., Czech nordic combined Olympic skier
• Ladislav Rygl, Sr., Czechoslovakian nordic combined Olympic skier
• Ladislav Ščurko, Slovakian ice hockey player and confessed murderer
• Ladislav Šimůnek, Czechoslovakian footballer
• Ladislav Škorpil, Czech football manager
• Ladislav Šmíd, Czech ice hockey player
• Ladislav Švanda, Czech Olympic cross country skier
• Ladislav Troják, Czechoslovakian ice hockey player
• Ladislav Trpkoš, Czechoslovakian Olympic basketball player
• Ladislav Vácha, Czechoslovakian Olympic gymnast
• Ladislav Vízek, Czechoslovakian footballer
• Ladislav Volešák, Czech footballer

Notable writers, artists, and academics with this name

• Ladislav Brožek, Slovakian astronomer
• Ladislav František Čelakovský, Czech mycologist and botanist
• Ladislav Josef Čelakovský, Czech botanist
• Ladislav Fialka, Czechoslovakian mime
• Ladislav Fuks, Czechoslovakian novelist
• Ladislav "Ladi" Geisler, Czechoslovakian musician
• Ladislav Klíma, Czech philosopher and novelist
• Ladislav Kralj, Croatian painter and engraver
• Ladislav Kubík, Czechoslovakian/American composer
• Ladislav Kupkovič, Czechoslovakian composer and conductor
• Ladislav Miko, Czech politician and expert on environmental issues
• Ladislav Mňačko, Czechoslovakian writer and journalist
• Ladislav Mráz, Czechoslovakian opera singer
• Ladislav Mucina, Slovakian botanist, ecologist, and vegetation expert
• Ladislav Nádaši-Jégé, Slovakian writer, literary critic, and doctor
• Ladislav Šaloun, Czechoslovakian sculptor
• Ladislav Slovák, Czechoslovakian conductor
• Ladislav Smoček, Czech playwright and theater director
• Ladislav Smoljak, Czechoslovakian film and theater director
• Ladislav Stroupežnický, Austro-Hungarian/Czech author, playwright, and director
• Ladislav Vycpálek, Czechoslovakian composer and violinist
• Ladislav Zgusta, Czechoslovakian linguist, historian and theorist of lexicography

Notable others with this name

• Ladislav Adamec, Czechoslovakian Prime Minister, Communist politician
• Ladislav Hudec, Austro-Hungarian/Slovakian architect
• Ladislav Pejačević, Ban of Croatia
• Ladislav Prokeš, Czechslovakian chess master and composer of endgame studies
• Ladislav Žák, Czechoslovakian architect and painter

See also

• Ladislao
• László
• Volodyslav - Ukrainian spelling of Володислав - Владислав
• Vladislav
• Slavic names