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21-815: Rastislav or Rostyslav is a male Slavic given name , meaning "to increase glory". The name has been used by several notable people from Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, and Ukrainian backgrounds. Rostia , Rostek , Rastko , Rastio , Rasty , Rosty , Rostic , Rosko , Rostko , Rastík , Rasťo , Slava , Slavik , Rasti , Ross , Rostyk Slavic names Caucasus East Asia Eastern Europe Northern Europe Pontic Steppe Northern/Eastern Steppe Europe South Asia Steppe Europe Caucasus India Indo-Aryans Iranians East Asia Europe East Asia Europe Indo-Aryan Iranian Indo-Aryan Iranian Others European Given names originating from
42-7177: A guest at someone's place), Krszczon ('baptized'), Radovan , Dragan , Željan , Dejan, Nayden , Mirjana . Diminutive and hypocoristic ( endearing ) names deriving from the above-mentioned dithematic names are created by using different diminutive suffixes . Such names are very popular in everyday usage, and usually are created by replacing part of the name with the suffix -ek (masculine, predominantly West Slavic; e.g. Polish Włodzi mierz – Włod ek ), -ko (masculine, predominantly South Slavic and Ukrainian), -ka (feminine; also masculine in Russian), or -a : Mila, Luba , Staszek , Radek, Władek , Zlatko , Zlata, Volodya , Bronek , Leszek , Dobrusia , Slavko , Wojtek , Mirka , Bogusia, Slava , Zdravko, Zbyszko , Miłosz , Staś , Przemek , Bolko , Draho , Željko , Borya (fight), Boško, Božica, Božana, Branko, Branka, Braniša, Borko, Budimka, Hvališa, Dobar, Dobra, Dragoš, Dragica, Dragi, Draga, Dragoş , Miloš, Slavko, Slavica, Slavisa , Svetlana, Wít, Zdenka, Bratko, Braco, Braca, Bato, Bata, Batica, etc. Some Slavic names have gained popularity in other (non-Slavic) countries, e.g.: Natasha , Nadia , Vera , Mila, Svante , Boris , Vladimir , Mirko , Laszlo , Casimir , Wenzel , Milena , Estanislao , Vlad, Mircea , Bronislovas, Radu , Vesna, Wanda , Ladislao , Bogdan, etc. The following list contains only canonized Saints . Beatified Saints with Slavic names (e.g. Saint Ceslaus , Saint Radim ) are not included. Bohdan, Bohumyl, Bozhydar, Bazhan, Boryslav, Borys, Boryslav , Bronyslav, Volodymyr, Volodyslav (Vladyslav), Viacheslav, Vseslav, Vsevolod, Vadym, Myloslav , Myroslav, Mstyslav, Mechyslav, Radym, Radymyr/Radomir , Radoslav, Rostyslav , Stanyslav, Sviatopolk , Sviatoslav , Zhadan, Zorian, Tykhomyr, Liubomyr, Yaroslav, Yaromyr. Bohdana, Bazhana, Boleslava, Boryslava , Boronyslava, Liubomyra, Liubov, Liubava, Liudmyla/Liudmylla , Myloslava , Myroslava, Mechyslava, Nadiia , Slava, Lara, Zoriana, Zoreslava, Snizhana , Stanyslava , Svitlana , Volodymyra, Vira, Volodyslava , Yaroslava Bogdan , Borislav , Bronislav, Kazimir , Iziaslav, Miloslav , Miroslav, Mstislav, Radimir/Radomir , Radoslav, Rostislav , Stanislav , Svyatopolk , Svyatoslav , Vadim , Vlad, Vladimir , Vladislav , Vsevolod, Vyacheslav , Yaroslav Bogdana, Borislava , Bronislava, Lyubov , Lyudmila , Miloslava , Miroslava, Nadezhda , Rada, Radoslava, Slava, Snezhana , Stanislava , Svetlana , Vera , Vladislava , Yaroslava Albena, Beloslava, Bilyana, Bisera, Bistra, Blaga, Blagorodna, Blagovesta, Blaguna, Bogdana, Boryana, Borislava, Boyana , Boyka, Bozhana, Bozhidara , Branimira , Darina, Denitsa, Desislava, Dobra, Dobryana, Dobrinka, Dobromira , Dragana, Elka, Grozda, Grozdana, Iskra, Iva, Ivayla, Ivelina, Kalina, Krasimira , Kosara, Lyuba, Lara, Lyubomira , Lyudmila , Lyubka, Lyubov, Malina, Miglena, Mila, Militsa, Milka , Milanka, Milena, Mira, Miriana, Mirolyuba, Miroslava, Nadezhda, Nadia, Neda, Nedelya, Nedyalka, Nevena, Ognyana , Plamena, Preslava, Prolet, Rada, Radina, Radka, Radost, Radostina, Radoslava, Radosveta, Ralitsa, Rositsa, Rostislava, Rumena, Rumyana, Slavena, Slavina, Slavka, Snezha, Snezhana, Snezhanka, Snezhina, Spasena, Spaska, Stanimira , Stanislava, Stanka, Stilyana, Stoyanka, Stoyna, Svetla, Svetlana, Svetoslava , Svetozara , Svilena, Tsveta, Tsvetanka, Tsvetelina, Tsvetomira, Tsviata, Velika, Velislava, Velizara, Velmira , Vera, Vesela, Veselina, Vyara , Vihra, Vladislava, Zdravka , Vyara, Zhivka, Zlata, Zlatina, Zora, Zorka, Zornitsa Biser, Blago, Blagoy, Blagovest, Blagun, Bogdan, Bogomil , Boril, Boris, Borislav, Borko, Boyan , Boyko, Bozhidar , Bozhil, Bozhin, Branimir , Darin, Darko, Delcho, Delyan, Denislav, Desislav, Deyan, Dragan, Dragomir , Dobri, Dobrin, Dobrolyub, Dobromir , Dobroslav, Goran, Grozdan, Iskren, Ivaylo, Kalin, Kamen, Kliment, Krasimir , Krastan, Krastyo, Lachezar, Lyuben, Lyubomir, Lyuboslav, Lyudmil, Malin, Milan, Milcho, Milen , Milko, Mirko, Miro, Miroslav, Mladen, Momchil, Naum , Nayden, Nedelcho, Nedyalko, Ognian, Ognyan , Orlin, Parvan, Plamen, Preslav, Radi, Radko, Radomir, Radoslav, Radosvet, Radoy, Raicho, Rayko, Razvigor, Rosen, Rostislav, Rumen, Sneg, Slav, Slavcho, Slavi, Slavyan, Slavko, Slavomir , Spas, Stanimir , Stanislav, Stanko, Stoil, Stoyan, Stoycho, Stoyko, Strahil, Svetlin, Svetoslav , Svetozar , Svilen, Tihomir , Tomislav , Traicho, Traiko, Tsvetan, Tsvetomir, Tsvetozar, Valko, Varban, Velichko, Veliko, Velin, Velislav, Velizar, Velko, Ventseslav , Ventsislav, Veselin, Vesselin, Vihren, Vitomir , Vladimir, Vladislav, Volen, Yasen, Yavor, Zdravko, Zhelyazko, Zhivko, Zlatan, Zlatko, Zlatomir, Zvezdelin Berislava , Biserka, Blaga, Blagica, Blaženka, Bogdana, Bogomila, Bogumila, Borka, Borislava, Božena , Božica, Božidarka , Branimira, Branka , Buga, Cvita, Cvijeta, Čedna, Danica, Davorka , Divna, Dragana, Dragica, Draženka, Dubravka , Dunja, Hrvatina, Hrvoja, Hrvojka , Jasenka, Jasna, Ljuba , Ljubica, Mila, Milica, Miljenka, Mislava, Mira, Mirka, Mirna, Mojmira, Morana, Nada, Neda, Nediljka, Nevenka, Ognjenka , Ranka, Rašeljka, Ratka, Ruža, Ružica, Sanja, Slava, Slavica, Slavenka , Smiljana, Spomenka, Srebrenka, Stanislava, Stana, Stanka, Snješka, Snježana , Sunčana, Sunčica, Svitlana, Svjetlana, Tjeha, Tihana, Tihomila, Tuga, Vedrana, Vera, Verica, Vjera, Vesna, Vjekoslava , Vlasta, Vlatka , Zdenka , Zlata, Zora, Zorica, Zorka, Zrinka, Zrina , Zvjezdana, Zvonimira, Zvonka , Željka, Živka Berislav , Berivoj, Blago, Bogdan, Bogumil, Bogoljub, Bogomil, Boris, Borislav, Borna , Božetjeh, Božidar , Božo, Bratislav, Budimir , Branimir, Brajko, Branko, Braslav, Bratoljub, Cvitko, Cvjetko, Časlav , Častimir, Čedomir, Dalibor , Damir , Darko, Davor , Davorin, Davorko, Desimir, Dobroslav, Dobrovit, Domagoj , Dragan, Drago , Dragoslav , Dragutin, Dražan, Dražen , Draženko, Držiha, Držislav, Godemir , Gojko, Gojislav, Gojslav, Goran, Grubiša, Hrvatin, Hrvoj, Hrvoje , Hrvoslav, Kazimir, Kažimir, Jasenko, Klonimir, Krešimir, Krešo , Krševan, Lavoslav, Ljubomir , Ljudevit, Milan, Mile, Milivoj , Milovan , Miljenko, Mirko, Miro, Miroslav, Miroš, Mislav, Mladen, Mojmir, Mutimir, Nediljko, Nedjeljko, Nenad , Neven, Njegomir, Njegovan, Ognjen, Ostoja, Ozren, Predrag , Pribislav , Prvan, Prvoslav, Prvoš, Radimir, Radomir, Radoš, Rajko, Ranko, Ratimir , Ratko, Rato, Radovan, Radoslav, Siniša , Slaven, Slaviša, Slavoljub , Snješko, Slavomir, Smiljan, Spomenko, Srebrenko, Srećko, Stanislav, Stanko, Strahimir, Svetoslav, Tihomil, Tihomir, Tješimir, Tomislav, Tomo, Tugomir, Tvrtko, Trpimir, Vatroslav , Većeslav , Vedran , Velimir , Veselko, Vidoslav, Vjekoslav , Vjenceslav , Višeslav, Vitomir, Vjeran, Vladimir, Vlado , Vlatko, Vojmil, Vojmir, Vojnomir, Vuk, Zdenko, Zdeslav , Zdravko, Zorislav, Zoran , Zrinko, Zrinoslav , Zlatko, Zvonimir , Zvonko , Želimir, Željko, Živko Boris (given name) This
63-745: A short form of the name Borislav , derived from the Slavic elements borti "battle" and slava "glory", "fame". Through the nickname " Bob " the name is often linked together with the name Robert , an ancient Germanic name meaning "fame-bright". Boris is first found in written records in the case of the Bulgarian ruler Knyaz Boris I (852–889), who adopted Christianity in AD 864 and introduced it to his people. His name came to be known in Europe in relation to this particular act. Moreover, after his death in AD 907 he
84-557: Is also used in Greece and countries that speak Germanic , Baltic and Romance languages . The spelling variant Borys is more common in Poland . A commonly accepted theory is that it is a Bulgar language name. Its precise etymology is unclear. It may be derived from one or more of several Turkic words such as böri – meaning "wolf", or from bogöri – which means "short", or from bars – meaning " snow leopard ". It can be used as
105-522: Is an accepted version of this page Boris , Borys or Barys ( Bulgarian , Russian , Serbian , Ukrainian : Борис ; Belarusian : Барыс ) is a male name of Bulgar origin. It is most commonly used in Russia , Belarus , Ukraine , Bulgaria , Serbia , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , North Macedonia , Montenegro , Slovakia , Slovenia and other countries in Eastern Europe. It
126-522: The Bull of Gniezno . Certain names were reserved for monarchs (e.g. in Poland: Kazimierz, Władysław, Bolesław). Examples are listed below. As an example of the pattern: Władysław contains the prefix wład (to rule, ruler) and the suffix sław (fame, glory). Note that feminine equivalents usually end in a (e.g. Bogusław - Bogusław a ). These are derived either from the past participle (in
147-633: The Christian Church and are given at a child's baptism . Old Slavic names were built with one or two lexemes : Single-lexeme names were derived from ordinary or adjectival words and were usually, though not always, borne by peasants, e.g.: Baran (ram), Szydło (awl), Kąkol (cockle), Broda (beard, chin), Żyła (vein), Uchacz (ear-man), Łopata (shovel), Żaba (frog), Rus (Ruthenian/Russian man), Cich (silent man), etc. Many names of this kind are used today, for example: Dithematic names are built with two lexemes. Kaleta 1995 notes that "In
168-564: The First Bulgarian Empire . Bulgarian cultural missions intensified in the 10th century, during the reign of Tsar Petar and with them the spread of Bulgarian culture to what would become Ukrainian and Russian lands continued. It is speculated that the name of the Bulgarian saint Tsar Boris I reached the Rus in the late 10th century, likely during the reign of Boris II of Bulgaria (969–977), great-grandson of Boris I . In 967
189-463: The Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries . The main types of Slavic names : In pre-Christian traditions , a child less than 7–10 years old would bear a "substitutional name", the purpose of which was to deflect attention from the child and thereby to protect it from the curiosity of evil powers. The practice was largely the result of the high mortality rate of young children at
210-766: The Bulgarian princess. During Vladimir's reign in 988 the conversion of the Kievan Rus' to Christianity took place. In this conversion, both ordinary priests and prelates from Bulgaria played a significant part. Also, with the adoption of the Byzantine calendar and the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar , the cult of St. Boris entered the Rus' Orthodox Church . In 1015, the princes Boris and Gleb were killed by their stepbrother Sviatopolk I of Kiev , who usurped
231-494: The Byzantines instigated the Rus to attack the First Bulgarian Empire and it is probably around this campaign that the marriage of Vladimir I of Kiev to a Bulgarian noblewoman, who is assumed to be a daughter of Peter I, i.e., sister of Boris II, was arranged. One of the sons of Vladimir I was given the name Boris . As evidenced by the Rus' Primary Chronicle , Boris and Gleb were sons of Vladimir I, born to him by
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273-617: The Greek Church has increased and most pagan names were displaced by Christian names. Since national revivals during 19th and 20th centuries, traditional names, especially of historical rulers and heroes, regained popularity. For example, in Poland many forgotten names were resurrected, such as Bronisław , Bolesław , Dobiesław , Dobrosław , Jarosław, Mirosław , Przemysław , Radosław , Sławomir , Wiesław , Zdzisław , and Zbigniew; and new ones created, such as Lechosław and Wieńczysław. Today, traditional Slavic names are accepted by
294-399: The case of Old Germanic and Old Slavic personal names, the dithematic name form contained a wish for the new-born child. These wishes pertained to the values that obtained in these early times". In Poland alone, over 600 masculine names , 120 feminine names and 150 different affixes ( lexemes ) are known. These have been reconstructed from place names and the (scarce) written sources such as
315-420: The passive voice), e.g.: Bojan , Chocian, Kochan, Miłowan, Pomian, Stator, Wygnan, or the present participle (in the active voice), e.g.: Cieszym, Myślim, Radzim, Borzym. Such names are repositories of perhaps the largest source of sociological data about the ancient Slavic people . They have a variety of purposes, which can be listed as follows: Other examples: Poznan ('known', 'recognized'), Goszczon (being
336-479: The peace"), Ratiborŭ (Ратиборъ "war fighter"), Vadimŭ ("Вадимъ") or Badan (belonging to the wind spirit "Badan") , Jęroslavŭ ( Ѩрославъ ), Izęslavŭ ( Изѧславъ "The one who took the glory"), Mstislavŭ ( Мстиславъ "glorious revenge"), Vĭsevolodŭ ( Вьсеволодъ "lord of everything"). In the 11th century, after the growing influence of the Christian Church, the tendency to use the names of saints of
357-608: The throne. Within a short time, Boris and Gleb were canonized and ever since, they have been the native soldier-saints most revered among the Ukrainians , Russians and Belarusians . In addition to Kievan Rus the name Boris went over to other neighbours of Bulgaria as well. An example of this is the case of the Hungarian prince Boris Kalamanos (1112–1155), son of the Magyar king from his marriage with Euphtimia, daughter of
378-485: The time. A child who survived to 7–10 years was considered worthy of care and was granted adult status and a new adult name during a ritual first haircut . Traditional names remained dominant until the Slavic nations converted to Christianity . Since then, however, baptismal names came into use, which were given after the patron saint of the newly baptized. Even after that, the traditional names persisted in everyday use, while in religious matters baptismal name
399-720: The traditional Slavic names which did not enter the calendar of either Orthodox or Catholic Church generally fell out of use. For Catholic Slavs, the decisive event was the Council of Trent (1545–63) decreed that every Catholic should have a Christian name instead of a native one. After the ban on native non-Christian names imposed by the Council of Trent, the Polish nobility (especially Protestants ) attempted to preserve traditional names, such as Zbigniew and Jarosław . Ordinary people, however, tended to choose names solely from
420-499: Was involved; thus, many persons had and used two names simultaneously. This is exemplified by how the Slavic saints of that time are referred to up to nowadays: e.g. St. Boris and Gleb , in holy baptism Roman and David. As the Slavic saints became more numerous, more traditional names entered the Church calendar; but more prominent was the overall decline in the number of people bearing traditional names. Finally, in 16th–17th century
441-582: Was proclaimed the first Bulgarian saint , and traces of his Orthodox sainthood during this period can be found as far away as Catholic Ireland . The Patriarchate of Constantinople recognized the canonization of St. Boris in AD 923. Prince Boris was purportedly not a Slav and descended from the Bulgars . Among the Bulgars the name was known in its two forms: Boris and Bogoris . Boris started its worldwide spread with its adoption by Rus' Slavs from
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