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Name Wenceslas

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From a Old Slavic word for fame, glory, Slav

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About the name Wenceslas in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
Popularity:	no rank in any popularity list in this database
Similarly written:	Venceslao, Wenzeslaus Details

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About Wenzeslaus, the group of names with the same origin as Wenceslas

Language of origin:	Old Slavic
Info about origin:	known from Saint Wenceslas, duke of Bohemia and today the patron saint of the Czech Republic (10th century AD)
Words:	více = more Slavic
	slava = the fame, the glory, the Slav Old Slavic
Topics:	New Testament, Two-element name
Variants' top ranks:	11:Václav Czechia 2015, 59:Vencel Hungary 2023
Old/original forms:	Venceslav Old Slavic
Name variants:	Václav, Vencel, Venceslao, Wenceslas, Wenzel, Wenzeslaus Sortable list Details