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Rostislav (given name)

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Rostyslav, Rostislav, Rościsław, Rastislav
Gendermale
Origin
Word/nameSlavic
Meaningrosti ("increase, grow") + sława/slava ("glory, fame")[1]
Other names
Variant form(s)Rostislava (f), Rościsława (f), Rastislava (f)
Related namesRościgniew, Rostimir
http://imya.org.ua/names-m-r-rostislav.html

Rastislav or Rostislav is a male Slavic given name, meaning "to increase glory" . The name has been used by several notable people of Czech, Polish, Ukrainian, Serbian, Russian and Slovak backgrounds.

  • Old Slavonic, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian: Rastislav
  • Bulgarian, Russian: Ростислав (Rostislav), Czech: Rostislav
  • Ukrainian: Rostyslav
  • Belarusian: Raścisłaŭ (roughly pronounced: Ras'-tsi-slaw)
  • Polish: Rościsław (roughly pronounced: Rosh-chi-swaf)

Name Day

  • Czech: 19 April
  • Slovene: 10 March
  • Slovak: 13 January
  • Polish: 17 January

Derivatives and nicknames

Rostia, Rostek, Rastko, Rastio, Rasty, Rostic, Rosko, Rostko, Rastík, Rasťo, Slava, Slavik, Rasti, Ross

List of people with the given name Rostislav or Rastislav

Royalty

Others

References

  1. ^ http://imya.org.ua/names-m-r-rostislav.html
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