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Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

, Ukrainian, Bulgarian,

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Macedonia * Mac ...

, sh-Cyrl, Владислав, ) is a male

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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 ...

origin. Variations include ''Volodislav'', ''Vlastislav'' and ''Vlaslav''. In the

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Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

and

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

, the common variation is

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 ...

. Outside of Slavic and Eastern Romance countries, it is sometimes latinized as either ''Vladislaus'' or ''Vladislas''.

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

forms include ''

Ladislao Ladislao is a given name, a Hispanic variant of Vladislav. Notable people with the name include: * Ladislao Cabrera, Bolivian hero during the War of the Pacific * Ladislao Diwa, Filipino patriot * Ladislao Martínez, Puerto Rico musician * Lás ...

'' and ''Uladislao''. The Portuguese and

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

forms are ''Ladislau''. The Hungarian form is

László László () is a Hungarian male given name and surname after the King-Knight Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1077–1095). It derives from Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav Vladislav ( (', '); , ; Russian language, Russian, Ukrainian language, ...

. In Russian-speaking countries, it is usually colloquially shortened to either ''Vlad'' (Влад) or ''Vladik'' (Владик). The feminine form of the name Vladislav is

Vladislava Vladislava () is a female given name. Those bearing it include: * Vladislava Ovcharenko (born 1986), Tajikistani track and field sprinter * Vladislava Evtushenko (born 1996), Russian actress, dancer, model, beauty pageant * Vladislava Tancheva (b ...

or, in Polish spelling, ''Władysława''.

Origin

The name Vladislav literally means 'one who owns a glory', or simply 'famous'. It is a composite name derived from two Slavic

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: ''Vlad-'', meaning either 'to own' (Ukrainian ''volodity'' [] means 'to own', Polish ['to possess'], Russian [ 'to own']), or 'to rule' (another meaning of Polish ''władać'' is 'to rule'. Ukrainian ''vlada'' [влада] means 'power', 'the government'; in Slovak and

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 *Czech (surnam ...

, ''vláda'' means ruling body, government in modern form, ''vládnuť (vládnout)'' means 'to rule', ''vládca ládce' is 'ruler'), and ''slav-'', meaning 'fame'/'glory'. It has also extended into

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

and

Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...

, which are non-Slavic countries.

People with the name

Mononymous uses

Vladislav Vladislav ( (', '); , ; Russian language, Russian, Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, sh-Cyrl, Владислав, ) is a male given names, given name of Slavs, Slavic origin. Variatio ...

, a duke of Croatia, 821–c. 835 * Ivan Vladislav, emperor of Bulgaria 1015–1018 * Vladislaus I, duke of Bohemia 1109–1117, 1120–1125 * Vladislaus II (c. 1110–1174), duke and later king of Bohemia 1158–1172 * Vladislaus III, duke of Bohemia, 1197; prince of Bohemia and margrave of Moravia, 1197–1222 *

Stefan Vladislav I Stefan Vladislav ( sr-cyr, Стефан Владислав, ; – after 1264) was the Kingdom of Serbia (medieval), King of Serbia from 1234 to 1243. He was the middle son of Stefan the First-Crowned of the Nemanjić dynasty, who ruled Ser ...

, king of Serbia 1234–1243 *

Stefan Vladislav II Stefan Vladislav II ( sr-cyr, Стефан Владислав II; 1270–after 1326) was a King-pretender to the royal throne of the Kingdom of Serbia in 1316 and again in 1321, and Lord of Syrmia from 1316 to 1325. He was the eldest son of Ser ...

(reigned 1316 to 1325), king of Syrmia *

Vladislav of Bosnia Vladislav of Bosnia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Vladislav Kotromanić, Владислав Котроманић; died 1354) was a member of the House of Kotromanić who effectively ruled the Banate of Bosnia from September 1353 to his death. Vl ...

, ruler of Banate of Bosnia, died 1354 * Vladislav I, ruler of Wallachia 1364–c. 1377 *

Władysław II Jagiełło Jogaila (; 1 June 1434), later Władysław II Jagiełło (),Other names include (; ) (see also Names and titles of Władysław II Jagiełło) was Grand Duke of Lithuania beginning in 1377 and starting in 1386, becoming King of Poland as well. ...

(d. 1434), grand duke of Lithuania and king of Poland 1386–1434 * Vladislav II, ruler of Wallachia 1447–1456 *

Vladislaus II of Hungary Vladislaus II, also known as Vladislav, Władysław or Wladislas (; 1 March 1456 – 13 March 1516), was King of Bohemia from 1471 to 1516 and King of Hungary and King of Croatia from 1490 to 1516. As the eldest son of Casimir IV Jagiellon, he wa ...

, king of Bohemia 1471–1516, king of Hungary and Croatia 1490–1516 *

Vladislav I Herman of Poland Vladislav ( (', '); , ; Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, sh-Cyrl, Владислав, ) is a male given name of Slavic origin. Variations include ''Volodislav'', ''Vlastislav'' and ''Vlaslav''. In the Czech Republic, Slovakia and ...

, duke of Poland *

Vladislav the Grammarian Vladislav the Grammarian ( Bulgarian and ; 1456–79) was a Bulgarian Orthodox Christian monk, scribe, historian and theologian active in medieval Bulgaria and Serbia, regarded as part of both the Bulgarian and Serbian literary corpus. His coll ...

(fl. 1456–1479), Bulgarian writer *

Vladislav III of Wallachia Vladislav III (? – 1525) was the nephew of Vladislav II of Wallachia and Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia Wallachia or Walachia (; ; : , : ) is a historical and geographical region of modern-day Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Da ...

(died 1525), ruler of Wallachia *

Vladislav IV of Russia Vladislav ( (', '); , ; Russian language, Russian, Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, sh-Cyrl, Владислав, ) is a male given names, given name of Slavs, Slavic origin. Variatio ...

(reigned 1595–1648), king of Poland, grand duke of Lithuania and titular king of Sweden

Given name

František Vladislav Hek František Vladislav Hek (11 April 1769 – 4 September 1847) was a Czech writer, composer, and patriot active in the early phases of the Czech National Revival. He was a major inspiration behind the fictionalized novel '' F. L. Věk'' (1906) ...

(1769–1847), Czech national revivalist *

Władysław Horodecki Władysław Horodecki (born Leszek Dezydery Horodecki; ; ; – January 3, 1930) was a Polish architect active in the Russian Empire and later in the Second Polish Republic. He is best known for his contributions in the urban development of Kyiv, ...

(1863–1930), Polish architect *

Vladislav Artemiev Vladislav Mikhailovich Artemiev (; born 5 March 1998) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former chess prodigy. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2014. Artemiev is the 2019 European Chess Champion. He won the individual board perform ...

(born 1998), Russian Chess Grandmaster *

Vladislav Bajac Vladislav Bajac ( sr-Cyrl, Владислав Бајац, born 2 June 1954) is a Serbs, Serbian writer, poet, journalist and publisher. Biography He was born in Belgrade in 1954 and later studied philology at the University of Belgrade. In 199 ...

(born 1954), Serbian writer, journalist, and publisher *

Vladislav Bogićević Vladislav Bogićević ( sr-Cyrl, Владислав Богићевић, ; born 7 November 1950) is a Serbian retired footballer. He is a member of the American National Soccer Hall of Fame. Club career Bogićević's playing career included 13 ...

(born 1950), Serbian footballer *

Vladislav Bykanov Vladislav Bykanov (, ; born 19 November 1989) is an Israeli Olympic short track speed skating, short track speed skater. He won the gold medal in the 3,000m at the 2015 and 2018 European Championships. He competed for Israel at the 2014 Winter Ol ...

(born 1989), Israeli Olympic short track speed skater * Vladislav Dajković (born 1992), Montenegrin political and activist *

Vladislav Dikidzhi Vladislav Maksimovich Dikidzhi (born August 22, 2004) is a Russians, Russian figure skater competing in men's singles. He is the 2025 Russian Figure Skating Championships, 2025 Russian national champion and 2024 Russian Figure Skating Championship ...

(born 2004), Russian figure slater *

Vladislav Jovanović Vladislav Jovanović (; born 9 June 1933) is a Serbian diplomat who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Federal Republic Yugoslavia. Education Jovanović was born in Žitni Potok, present-day Serbia in 1933 to Milorad Jovanović and Dragica Jova ...

(born 1933), Serbian diplomat *

Vladislav Khodasevich Vladislav Felitsianovich Khodasevich (; 16 May (28 May) 1886 – 14 June 1939) was an influential Russian poet and literary critic who presided over the Berlin circle of Russian emigre litterateurs. Life and career Khodasevich was born in Mosco ...

(1886–1939), Russian poet *

Vladislav Krapivin Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin (; 14 October 1938 – 1 September 2020) was a Soviet and Russian Children's literature, children's books writer. Biography Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin was born in the city of Tyumen on 14 October 1938. He receiv ...

(1938–2020), Russian writer *

Vladislav Kulminski Vladislav Kulminski (born 24 October 1972) is a Moldovan politician. Biography Vladislav Kulminski was born on 24 October 1972. He has been referred to as an expert in internal affairs and national security. Furthermore, as of 2021, he was pres ...

(born 1972), Moldovan politician *

Vladislav Listyev Vladislav (Vlad) Nikolayevich Listyev (; May 10, 1956 – March 1, 1995) was a Soviet, later Russian journalist and head of the ORT TV Channel (now government-owned Channel One). Career Listyev was arguably the most popular journalist and TV ...

, Russian journalist and head of the ORT TV Channel (now government-owned Channel One) *

Vladislav Petković Dis Vladislav Petković Dis ( sr-cyr, Владислав Петковић Дис; 10 March 1880 – 30 May 1917) was a Serbian impressionist poet. He died in 1917 on a boat on the Ionian Sea after being hit by a torpedo making him also remembered as ...

(1880–1917), Serbian impressionist poet *

Vladislav F. Ribnikar Vladislav Franc Ribnikar ( sr-Cyrl, Владислав Франц Рибникар; 13 November 1871 – 1 September 1914) was a Serbian journalist, known for founding ''Politika'', the oldest Serbian daily. He led the newspaper from the day it ...

(1871–1914), Serbian journalist, founder of ''

Politika ( sr-Cyrl, Политика, lit=Politics) is a Serbian daily newspaper, published in Belgrade. Founded in 1904 by Vladislav F. Ribnikar, it is the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in the Balkans. Publishing and ownership is publ ...

'' *Vladislav Roslyakov (2000–2018), Russian mass murderer and perpetrator of the 2018

Kerch Polytechnic College massacre The Kerch Polytechnic College massacre took place in Kerch, Crimea, on 17 October 2018. It was a school shooting and School bombing, bombing attack perpetrated by an 18-year-old student, Vladislav Roslyakov, who killed 20 people and wounded 67 o ...

Vladislav Sitnichenko Vladislav Dmitriyevich Sitnichenko (; born 12 February 1998) is a Russian former football player. He made his debut in the Russian Football National League The Russian First League (, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division () a ...

(born 1998), Russian footballer *

Vladislav Tretiak Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak State Duma, MP ( rus, links=no, Владислав Александрович Третьяк, p=trʲɪˈtʲjak; born 25 April 1952) is a Russian former goaltender for the Soviet Union national ice hockey team. ...

(born 1952), Russian ice hockey goaltender *

Vladislav Vančura Vladislav Vančura (; 23 June 1891 – 1 June 1942) was a Czech writer. He was also active as a film director, playwright and screenwriter. A member of the Czech resistance during WWII, he was captured and murdered by the Nazis. Early years Va ...

(1891–1942), Czech writer, playwright and film director *

Vladyslav Vashchuk Vladyslav Viktorovych Vashchuk (; born 2 January 1975) is a retired Ukrainian football defender who last played for FC Volyn Lutsk. Vashchuk was also a member of the Ukraine national football team playing 63 times. He mainly played in the ce ...

(born 1975), Ukrainian footballer

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