Vladislav

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Vladislav
Ulászló, László

Vladislav

given name of Slavic origin. Variations include Volodislav, Vlastislav and Vlaslav. In the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Croatia, the common variation is Ladislav
.

Outside of Slavic and Eastern Romance countries, it is sometimes latinized as either Vladislaus or Vladislas. Spanish forms include Ladislao and Uladislao. The Portuguese and Romanian forms are Ladislau. The Hungarian form is László.

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 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 roots: Vlad-, meaning either 'to own' (Ukrainian volodity [володiти] means 'to own', Polish władać ['to possess'], Russian vladet [владеть 'to own']), or 'to rule' (another meaning of Polish władać is 'to rule'. Ukrainian vlada [влада] means 'power', 'the government'; in Slovak and Czech, vláda means ruling body, government in modern form, vládnuť (vládnout) means 'to rule', vládca [vládce] is 'ruler'), and slav-, meaning 'fame'/'glory'. It has also extended into Romania and Moldova, which are non-Slavic countries.

People with the name

Mononymous uses

  • Vladislav
    , 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
    , king of Serbia 1234–1243
  • Stefan Vladislav II (reigned 1316 to 1325), king of Syrmia
  • Vladislav of Bosnia, ruler of Banate of Bosnia, died 1354
  • Vladislav I, ruler of Wallachia 1364–c. 1377
  • Władysław II Jagiełło (d. 1434), grand duke of Lithuania and king of Poland 1386–1434
  • Vladislav II, ruler of Wallachia 1447–1456
  • Vladislaus II of Hungary, king of Bohemia 1471–1516, king of Hungary and Croatia 1490–1516
  • Vladislav I Herman of Poland
    , duke of Poland
  • Vladislav the Grammarian (fl. 1456–1479), Bulgarian writer
  • Vladislav III of Wallachia (died 1525), ruler of Wallachia
  • Vladislav IV of Russia
    (reigned 1595–1648), king of Poland, grand duke of Lithuania and titular king of Sweden

Given name

See also

References

External links