Ladislaus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Ladislaus, Latinization of a Slavic royal name *Voldislavъ, from the elements Proto-Slavic *voldь (“power”) (see *volděti) and Proto-Slavic *slava (“glory”). Doublet of Laszlo and Vladislav.

Proper noun

Ladislaus

1. A male given name from the Slavic languages.

Usage notes

• Mostly applied to historical foreign persons in English, for example, kings of Poland and Hungary.

Translations

male given name

• Armenian: Վլադիսլավ (Vladislav)
• Belarusian: Уладзіслаў m (Uladzislaŭ)
• Bulgarian: Владислав m (Vladislav)
• Czech: Ladislav (cs) m, Vladislav (cs) m
• French: Ladislas (fr) m
• Hungarian: László (hu)
• Italian: Ladislao (it) m
• Latvian: Vladislavs m
• Macedonian: Владислав m (Vladislav)
• Polish: Władysław (pl) m, Włodzisław (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ladislau m
• Romanian: Ladislau m
• Russian: Владисла́в (ru) m (Vladisláv)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Владислав m

  Roman: Vladislav m

• Slovak: Vladislav m
• Slovene: Vladislav m
• Spanish: Ladislao (es) m
• Ukrainian: Владисла́в (uk) m (Vladysláv)