Meaning & History
Contracted form of the older name Veceslav, from the Slavic elements veche "more" and slava "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.
Related Names
VariantVěnceslav(Czech)
DiminutiveVašek(Czech)
Feminine FormsVáclava, Věnceslava, Vendula(Czech)
Other Languages & CulturesViachaslau(Belarusian) Ventseslav, Ventsislav(Bulgarian) Višeslav(Croatian) Wenzel, Wenzeslaus(German) Wenceslaus, Wenceslas(History) Vencel(Hungarian) Venceslao(Italian) Veceslav, Venceslaus, Wenceslaus(Medieval Czech) Wacław, Więcesław(Polish) Veaceslav(Romanian) Vatslav, Vyacheslav, Slava(Russian) Višeslav(Serbian) Wenceslao, Venceslás(Spanish) Vyacheslav(Ukrainian)
Surname DescendantVančura(Czech)
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Depiction of Saint Václav by Adolf Zimmermann (1852)Categories
