Slávek is a male given name. Its origin is the short form of various

Slavic Slavic, Slav or Slavonic may refer to: Peoples * Slavic peoples, an ethno-linguistic group living in Europe and Asia ** East Slavic peoples, eastern group of Slavic peoples ** South Slavic peoples, southern group of Slavic peoples ** West Slav ...

names ending in -slav ( Stanislav, Květoslav, Pravoslav,

Branislav Branislav () is a Czech, Croatian, Russian, Slovak, Serbian, Slovene and Ukrainian given name. It also appears in Polish as Bronisław, in Russian as ''Bronislav,'' and Ukrainian as ''Boronyslav.'' The name is derived from the Slavic elements bran ...

, Rostislav,

Miroslav Miroslav may refer to: * Miroslav (given name), a Slavic masculine given name * ''Young America'' (clipper) or ''Miroslav'', an Austrian clipper ship in the Transatlantic case oil trade * Miroslav (Znojmo District), a town in the Czech Republic S ...

Miloslav Miloslav is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic root ''mil-'', "merciful" or "dear", and ''-slav'' ''glory''. Name variants * feminine form: Miloslava * diminutive form: Miloš * Polish: Miłosław/Miłosława * Czech fe ...

Sobiesław Sobiesław, Soběslav or Sebeslav (Proto-Slavic: , , , , ) is a very old Slavic given name, mostly common among the West Slavs. Because of folk etymology, it is popularly supposed to derive from ''sobie'' ("usurp, for me, myself") and ''sław'' (" ...

, Svatoslav) or beginning Slav- (Slavomir, Slavomil). Pronounced ''slah:vek''.

Name days

*Czech: ''22 January''

Other variants

*Russian:

Slav (given name) The Slavs or Slavic people are groups of people who speak Slavic languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout the northern parts of Eurasia; they predominantly inhabit Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe, and No ...

, Slaviy, Slava *Serbian:

Slavko Slavko () is a Slavic masculine given name. Notable holders of the name include: Arts * Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian musician * Slavko Avsenik, Jr., Slovenian musician * Slavko Brankov, Croatian actor * Slavko Brill, Croatian Jewish sculptor * Slavko ...

*Croatian:

*Bulgarian: Slavo,

*Polish:

Sławomir Sławomir () is an Old Polish male given name of Slavic origin consists of two parts: "sława/slava" - glory, fame and "mir" - world, peace, prestige. Cognates include Slavomir, Slavomír. Feminine form is: Sławomira/Slavomira. Nicknames: Sław ...

, Sławek *Ukrainian: Slávko

Famous bearers

Slávek Janoušek Slávek is a male given name. Its origin is the short form of various Slavic names ending in -slav ( Stanislav, Květoslav, Pravoslav, Branislav, Rostislav, Miroslav, Miloslav, Sobiesław, Svatoslav) or beginning Slav- (Slavomir, Slavomil). P ...

, Czech folk singer *

Slávek Janda Abraxas is a Czech rock band formed in 1976 after the breakup of the group Abraam. The band is led by guitarist and composer Slávek Janda, who is the only member to have remained with Abraxas from its formation until the present day. History ...

, Czech pop singer

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