Vladyslav ( uk, Владисла́в, Vladysláv ) or Volodyslav ( uk, Володисла́в, Volodysláv {{IPA, /wɔlɔdɪˈslɑu̯/) is a
Ukrainian given name
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for males. The female variant is the same with the addition of 'a' at the end.
The name is of old
Slavic origin and is mainly used in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
. The name derives from the Ukrainian words (Володіти (volodity) - to possess, + слава (slava) - glory, or слово (slovo) - word) meaning one who is a "possessor of glory, fame".
Many of Poland's kings bore this name. Its variant in
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 ...
is
Vladislav
Vladislav ( be, Уладзіслаў (', '); pl, Władysław, ; Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, sh-Cyrl, Владислав) is a male given name of Slavic origin. Variations include ''Volodislav'', ''Vlastislav'' and ''Vlaslav' ...
;
Belarusian -
Ŭladzislaŭ
Vladislav ( be, Уладзіслаў (', '); pl, Władysław, ; Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, sh-Cyrl, Владислав) is a male given name of Slavic origin. Variations include ''Volodislav'', ''Vlastislav'' and ''Vlaslav ...
(Ўладзіслаў);
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, ...
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Ladislav
Ladislav is a Czech, Slovak and Croatian variant of the Slavic name Vladislav. The female form of this name is Ladislava.
Folk etymology occasionally links ''Ladislav'' with the Slavic goddess Lada.
Spellings and variations
In Bulgarian ...
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In
Ukraine
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and
Russia
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this name became popular in the 1960s and 1970s as
Polish culture became popular, as a way to be connected to Western culture that was permitted by the Soviet regime for the Soviet people.
Given names
Ukrainian masculine given names