Dobroslav

Dobroslav / Dobrosław

Pronunciation	Czech: [ˈdobroslaf] Slovak: [ˈdɔbrɔslaʋ] Serbo-Croatian: [dǒbroslâʋ]
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Slavic
Meaning	dobro ("good") + slava/sława ("glory, fame")
Other names
Variant forms	Dobroslava (f), Dobrosława (f)
Related names	Dobrosav, Dobromir, Dobromil

Dobroslav (Cyrillic : Доброслав) is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic elements dobro (good) and slava (glory, fame). ^[1]

The Polish spelling is Dobrosław. ^[2] The respective feminine forms are Dobroslava and Dobrosława.

A Serbian variant form of the name is Dobrosav.

Notable people with the name

Dobroslav / Dobroslava

• Stefan Vojislav (fl. 1018–1043), anachronistically called Dobroslav, Prince of the Serbs
• Dobroslav II (fl. 1081–1103), Serbian medieval ruler
• Dobroslav Chrobák (1907–1951), Slovak writer
• Jonatán Dobroslav Čipka (1819-1861), Slovak priest, poet and author
• Dobroslav Jevđević (1895–1962), Bosnian Serb politician and Chetnik commander
• Dobroslava Menclová (1904–1978), Czech art historian and architect
• Dobroslav Paraga (born 1960), Croatian politician
• Dobroslav Trnka (1963-2023), Slovak lawyer
• Alexey Dobrovolsky, (also known as Dobroslav; 1938-2013), Russian anarchist and neo-paganist

Dobrosław / Dobrosława

• Dobrosława of Pomerania, Pomeranian medieval countess and princess
• Dobrosław Kot (born 1976), Polish writer and philosopher
• Dobrosława Miodowicz-Wolf (1953–1986), Polish alpinist

See also

• All pages with titles containing Dobroslav
• All pages with titles containing Dobrosław
• Dobrosław (disambiguation)
• Dobroslav, Ukraine, an urban locality in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine
• Dobroslava, a village and municipality in Svidník District, Slovakia
• Dobrosloveni, a commune in Olt County, Romania
• Dobroslavtsi, a village in Sofia in western Bulgaria

References

1. Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Dobroslav
2. Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Dobrosław