65%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical) [1][2] Meaning & History Slavic name derived from the elements gostĭ "guest" and slava "glory". It is attested in Czech Hostislav and Polish Gościsław (both archaic). Categories glory, medieval, travel Sources & References Trubachyov, Oleg. Etimologicheskiy Slovar Slavyanskikh Yazykov (vol. 7). Moscow, 1974-, page 66. Moroshkin, Mikhail. Slavyanskiy Imenoslov Ili. Saint Petersburg, 1867, page 63.
