Wenceslaus

English

Etymology

Latinization of a Slavic (Old Czech) name, from Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslavъ (from *vęťьjь (“greater, more”) +‎ *slava (“fame, glory”)). Doublet of Vyacheslav.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Wenceslaus

1. A male given name from the Slavic languages.

Usage notes

• Applied to historical persons in English, notably, a tenth century king and patron saint of Bohemia.

Related terms

• Wenceslas

Translations

male given name

• Belarusian: Вячасла́ў m (Vjačasláŭ)
• Bulgarian: Вацлав (Vaclav)
• Czech: Václav (cs) m, Věnceslav (cs) m
• Esperanto: Venceslao
• Faroese: Vensil m
• French: Venceslas (fr) m
• Galician: Wenceslao m
• German: Wenzel (de) m, Wenzeslaus m
• Hungarian: Vencel (hu)
• Italian: Venceslao (it) m
• Japanese: ヴァーツラフ (Vātsurafu)
• Macedonian: Венцислав m (Vencislav)
• Polish: Wacław (pl) m
• Portuguese: Venceslau (pt) m, Wenceslau m
• Russian: Вячесла́в (ru) m (Vjačesláv)
• Serbo-Croatian: Vaclav m, Вацлав m
• Slovak: Václav m
• Spanish: Wenceslao (es) m, Venceslao (es)
• Ukrainian: В'ячесла́в m (Vʺjačesláv), Венцесла́в m (Vencesláv)