Václav name - Meaning of Václav

Václav name - Meaning of Václav

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Gender
Masculine
Lucky Number
7
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Usage
Czech, Slovak
Václav Meaning
Contracted form of the older name Veceslav meaning "more glory", from the Slavic elements vece "more" and slav "glory". Saint Václav (known as Wenceslas 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.

Václav Related Names
Variant: Věnceslav (Czech)
Feminine Forms: Václava, Vendula (Czech)
Other Languages: Ventseslav (Bulgarian), Wenzel, Wenzeslaus (German), Wenceslas, Wenceslaus (History), Vencel (Hungarian), Venceslao (Italian), Veceslav, Venceslaus (Medieval Czech), Wacław, Więcesław (Polish), Veaceslav (Romanian), Vyacheslav, Slava (Russian), Venceslás (Spanish), Vyacheslav (Ukrainian)


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