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List of Slavic given names
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Names used in Slovakia
The following names are present in the 2004 Slovak calendar. The following etymological roots can be identified in the names by a modern Slovak language speaker:
- blah, blaž – happiness, wealth, wellbeing
- boh, bož – god, divine
- bol – pain (this is most probably a misleading "folk-etymology", at least in what concerns the Boleslav name - the bole part here does not root from bol =pain, but from an old Slavic word bole meaning great or large - compare Russian bol'shoy)
- bran – to defend, defender
- cti, čest – pride, honour
- dan, dar – to give
- dobr – good, kindness
- drah – dear
- duch, du – soul
- jar – spring
- kaz – to break, to destroy
- kvet – flower
- lad – beauty, accord
- les – forrest
- ľub – to love
- ľud – people
- mil – to love
- mir, mír – world, peace
- moj – me, mine, myself
- rad – to be glad, to like
- slav – fame, to praise
- svät – holy, sacred, saint
- svetl – light, to shine
- tich – silence, quietness
- vier – to believe, faith
- víťaz – to win, winner
- vlad – to rule, ruler
- vlast – homeland, fatherland
- vrat – to return
- zlat – gold, golden
- žal, žel – to mourn, sadness
Male and female
The male given name is followed by the short or diminutive form in parentheses, then by a corresponding female form (and short/diminutive), where applicable.
- Bohdan, Bohdana
- Bohumil (Bohu), Bohumila
- Bohumír (Bohu), Bohumíra
- Bohuslav (Bohu), Bohuslava
- Branislav (Braňo), Branislava
- Dobromil, Dobromila
- Dobroslav, Dobroslava
- Drahomír (Draho), Drahomíra (Drahoša, Drahuša)
- Drahoslav (Draho), Drahoslava (Drahoša, Drahuša)
- Dušan, Dušana
- Ivica (used as a male name in the Balkans, as a female name in Slovakia)
- Jaroslav (Jaro), Jaroslava (Jara, Jarka)
- Kvetoslav, Kvetoslava
- Ladislav (Laco), Ladislava
- Ľubomír (Ľubo), Ľubomíra (Ľuba)
- Ľuboslav (Ľubo), Ľuboslava
- Ľuboš (Ľubo), Ľubica
- Ľudomil (Ľudo), Ľudmila (Ľuda, Ľudka)
- Miloslav (Milo), Miloslava (Mila, Milka)
- Miroslav (Miro), Miroslava (Mira, Mirka)
- Radmil, Radmila
- Slavomír (Slavo), Slavomíra (Slava, Slávka)
- Stanislav (Stano), Stanislava (Staňa, Stanka)
- Vladimír (Vlado), Vladimíra (Vlada, Vladka)
- Vladislav (Vlado), Vladislava (Vlada, Vladka)
- Vlastimil, Vlasta
- Zlatko, Zlatica (Zlata)
Mostly male
Female forms can be formed, but are very unusual or unused.
- Blahoslav
- Blažej
- Boleslav, Boleslaw
- Bystrík
- Ctibor
- Čestmír
- Dalimil
- Jaromír
- Jaroslaw
- Kazimír (Kazimierz)
- Levoslav
- Ľubor (Ľubo)
- Ľudovít (Ľudo)
- Marek
- Milan
- Miloš
- Miroslaw
- Mojmír
- Radomír
- Radoslaw
- Radovan (Rado)
- Radúz
- Rastislav (Rasťo)
- Svätopluk (Sveto, Sveťo)
- Svätozár (Sveto, Sveťo)
- Tichomír
- Víťazoslav
- Vladan
- Vratislav
- Vratko
- Wladyslaw
- Wlodzimierz
- Wojciech
Mostly female
Male forms can be formed, but are very unusual or unused.
- Blažena
- Božena
- Božidara
- Darina
- Daša
- Jarmila
- Jela ?
- Lesana (Lesia, Lesa)
- Libuša
- Milada
- Milena
- Milica
- Milota
- Nadežda (Russian origin, means hope)
- Ružena
- Sláva (Slávka)
- Svetlana
- Viera
- Vieroslava
- Zora
- Želmíra (Žela, Želka)
See Also
- List of given names by language
- List of given names by languages
- List of given names by ethnicity
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