Rastislav or Rostyslav is a male
Slavic given name
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries.
The main types of Slavic names:
* Two-base names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ' ...
, meaning "to increase glory". The name has been used by several notable people from Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, and Ukrainian backgrounds.
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''
*Old Slavonic, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian: ''Rastislav''
*Bulgarian, Russian: Ростислав (''Rostislav''), Czech: ''Rostislav''
*Ukrainian: ''Rostyslav''
*Belarusian: ''Rascislaŭ'' (roughly pronounced: ''Ras-''tsi''-''slaw'')
*Polish: ''Rościsław'' (roughly pronounced: ''Ros-''chi''-''swav'')
List of people with the given name Rostyslav, Rostislav or Rastislav
Royalty
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Rastislav of Moravia
Rastislav or Rostislav (; ) was the second known ruler of Moravia (846–870).Spiesz ''et al.'' 2006, p. 20. Although he started his reign as vassal to Louis the German, the king of East Francia, he consolidated his rule to the extent that ...
, second ruler of Great Moravia 846–870
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Rostyslav of Tmutarakan (d. 1066)
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Rostyslav Vsevolodovych, Prince of Pereyaslavl 1078-1093
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Rostyslav I of Kyiv, (Rostyslav Mstyslavych), Grand Prince of Kyiv from 1154–1167, with intervals
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Rostyslav II of Kyiv, (Rostyslav Ryurikovich), Grand Prince of Kyiv from 1204–1206
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Rostyslav III of Kyiv (Rostyslav Mykhaylovych or Rostyslav of Slavonia), Grand Prince of Kyiv in 1239
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Rastislav Nemanjić (''Rastko''), Grand Prince of Hum 1190-1192, Serb Archbishop 1217-1235
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Rastislalić family, 14th-century Serbian noble family
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(1902-1978)
Others
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Rastislav (born 1978), Eastern Orthodox bishop
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Rastislav Beličák, Slovak footballer
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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 at ...
, Czech actor
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Rostislav Goldshteyn, Russian politician
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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
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Rastislav Michalík
Rastislav Michalík (born 14 January 1974) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Michalík moved in 1995 to the Czech Republic to play for FK Fotbal Třinec. He gradually progressed and played for Slovan Libe ...
, Slovak footballer
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Rastislav Staňa
Rastislav Staňa (born 10 January 1980) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 6 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Washington Capitals during the 2003–04 season. The rest of his career, which lasted f ...
, Slovak professional ice hockey goaltender
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Rastislav Špirko
Rastislav Špirko (born 21 June 1984) is a Slovak professional ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and marki ...
, Slovak hockey player
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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 Budějovic ...
, Slovak hockey player
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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. ...
(1880–1919), Slovak politician, diplomat, and astronomer
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Rostislav Olesz (born 1985), Czech hockey player
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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 ...
(1898–1949), Serbian poet and writer
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Rostislav Shilo
Rostislav Alexandrovich Shilo () (23 October 1940 – 26 April 2016) was a Soviet and Russian public figure, an honoured worker of culture of the RSFSR, a director of the Novosibirsk Zoo (1972–2016), an honorary resident of Novosibirsk and a ...
(1940–2016), Russian zoo director
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Rostislav Stratimirovic
Rostislav Stratimirovic (; ; 1683–88) was a Bulgarian rebel leader who led the Second Tarnovo Uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1686. He claimed the title Prince of Tarnovo, as a claimed descendant of the medieval Bulgarian ruler Ivan ...
(1683–1688), Bulgarian rebel leader
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Rastislav Trtík
Rastislav Trtík (6 March 1961 – 1 October 2024) was a Czech handball player and coach. As a player, he won the Czechoslovak championship. As a coach he won Czech and Slovak championships and coached the Czech national handball team.
Biog ...
(1961–2024), Czech handball player and coach
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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 had a sticker i ...
(born 1949), Czech footballer
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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 a ...
(born 1956), Polish historian
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