Rastislav or Rostyslav is a male Slavic given name, meaning "''to increase glory''" . The name has been used by several notable people of

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

, Serbian,

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places *Czech, ...

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'' *Ukrainian ''27 March''

Derivatives and nicknames

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

List of people with the given name Rostyslav, Rostislav or Rastislav

Royalty

Rastislav of Moravia Rastislav or Rostislav, also known as St. Rastislav, (Latin: ''Rastiz'', Greek: Ῥασισθλάβος / ''Rhasisthlábos'') was the second known ruler of Moravia (846–870).Spiesz ''et al.'' 2006, p. 20. Although he started his reign as vass ...

, second ruler of Great Moravia 846–870 * Rostyslav of Tmutarakan (d. 1066) * Rostyslav Vsevolodovych, Prince of Pereyaslavl 1078-1093 *

Rostyslav I of Kyiv Rostyslav ( uk, Ростислав) is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Rostyslav Bahdasarov (1993–2021), Ukrainian footballer * Rostyslav Dotsenko (1931–2012), Ukrainian translator, literary critic, author of aphorisms an ...

, (Rostyslav Mstyslavych), Grand Prince of Kyiv from 1154–1167, with intervals * Rostyslav II of Kyiv, (Rostyslav Ryurikovich), Grand Prince of Kyiv from 1204–1206 * Rostyslav III of Kyiv (Rostyslav Mykhaylovych or Rostyslav of Slavonia), Grand Prince of Kyiv in 1239 * Rastislav Nemanjić (''Rastko''), Grand Prince of Hum 1190-1192, Serb Archbishop 1217-1235 * Rastislalić family, 14th-century Serbian noble family *

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(1902-1978)

Others

Rastislav Beličák Rastislav Beličák is a Slovak footballer who plays as a midfielder who currently plays for FK Šaca. He retired from professional football in 2010. Football career Beličák grew up as a footballer in the youth system of MFK Košice, and ...

, Slovak footballer *

Rostislav Goldshteyn Rostislav Ernstovich Goldstein (russian: Ростислав Эрнстович Гольдштейн, Rostislav Ernstovich Goldshteyn; born 15 March 1969) is a Russian politician who is the Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast since 2019, h ...

, Russian politician *

Rastislav Kužel Rastislav Kužel (born 4 April 1975) is a Slovak sprint canoeist who competed in the early 2000s. He won a gold medal in the K-4 200 m event at the 2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Seville. Kužel also competed in the K-1 1000 ...

, Slovak sprint canoeist *

Rastislav Michalík Rastislav Michalík (born 14 January 1974) is a Slovak football player. Michalík moved in 1995 to the Czech Republic to play for FK Fotbal Třinec. He gradually progressed and played for FC Slovan Liberec and Sparta Prague in the Czech First ...

, Slovak footballer *

Rastislav Staňa Rastislav Staňa (born 10 January 1980) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Washington Capitals. Biography Staňa was born in Košice, Czechoslovakia. As a youth, he play ...

, Slovak professional ice hockey goaltender *

Rastislav Špirko Rastislav Špirko (born 21 June 1984) is a Slovak professional ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a f ...

, Slovak hockey player *

Rastislav Dej Rastislav Dej (born September 12, 1988) is a Slovak professional ice hockey player currently playing for HC Vítkovice Ridera in the Czech Extraliga (ELH). Dej has previously played in the Extraliga for HC Karlovy Vary, Motor České Budějovi ...

, Slovak hockey player *

Milan Rastislav Štefánik Milan Rastislav Štefánik (; 21 July 1880 – 4 May 1919) was a Slovak politician, diplomat, aviator and astronomer. During World War I, he served at the same time as a general in the French Army and as Minister of War for Czechoslovakia. A ...

, Slovak politician, diplomat, and astronomer *

Rostislav Olesz Rostislav Olesz (born 10 October 1985) is a professional ice hockey left winger for HC Olomouc of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). Olesz was drafted in the first round, seventh overall, by the Florida Panthers in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. Playing c ...

, Czech hockey player *

Rostislav Stratimirovic Rostislav Stratimirovic ( bg, Ростислав Стратимирович; russian: Ростислав Страшимирович; 1683–88) was a Bulgarian rebel leader who led the Second Tarnovo Uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1686. ...

, Bulgarian rebel leader *

Rostislav Vojáček Rostislav Vojáček (born 23 February 1949 in Křenovice) is a Czech former football defender. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 40 matches and scored one goal. He was participant in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and a member of the ...

, ex-Czechoslovak footballer *

Rostislav Čtvrtlík Rostislav Čtvrtlík (9 November 1963 – 6 March 2011) was a Czech stage, television and voice actor. He was the Czech voice of Matthew Perry in ''Friends'' and other TV shows and movies. Biography Čtvrtlík was born in Olomouc in 1963. He att ...

, Czech actor *

Rościsław Żerelik Rościsław Żerelik (born 1956) is a Polish historian specializing in medieval history, history of supporting science, and the history of Silesia in the Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted ap ...

, Polish historian *

Rastislav (Gont) Metropolitan Rastislav (secular name Ondrej Gont; born January 25, 1978, in Snina, Czechoslovakia) is an Eastern Orthodox bishop and the Primate of the Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church, holding the rank of ''Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and S ...

, Eastern Orthodox bishop *

Rastko Petrović Rastko Petrović (1898-1949) was a Serbian poet and writer. After serving in the Serbian Army in World War I, he studied law in Paris and became a diplomat. Based at the Yugoslav embassy in Washington, D.C. during World War II, he remained in t ...

, Serbian poet and writer

References

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