Radoslav

Radoslav

Pronunciation	Czech: [ˈradoslaf] Slovak: [ˈradɔsɫau̯] Serbo-Croatian: [râdoslaʋ]
Gender	masculine
Origin
Language(s)	Slavic
Meaning	"eager glory"
Region of origin	Slavic Europe
Other names
Short form(s)	Radan, Radek, Radič
Derived	rad- ("happy, eager, to care") and slava ("glory, fame")
Related names	Radoslava (f), Radosław, Radosav, Radič, Radu

Radoslav (Cyrillic : Радослав) is a common Slavic masculine given name, derived from rad- ("happy, eager, to care") and slava ("glory, fame"), both very common in Slavic dithematic names. ^[1] It roughly means "eager glory". It is known since the Middle Ages. ^[2] The earliest known Radoslav was a 9th-century Serbian ruler.

The feminine form of the name is Radoslava.

Notable people with the name

Royalty and nobility

• Radoslav of Serbia, Prince of Serbia (r. 800–822)
• Radoslav of Duklja, Prince of Duklja (r. 1146–48)
• Radoslav, Lord of Hum (fl. 12th century)
• Stefan Radoslav (c. 1192 – c. 1234), king of Serbia from 1228 to 1233
• Radoslav Babonić (fl. 1264–95), Croatian–Hungarian magnate
• Radoslav Hlapen (fl. 1350–71), Serbian magnate
• Radoslav, 13th–14th-century Bulgarian sebastokrator
• Radoslav Pavlović Radinović (died 1441), Bosnian nobleman
• Radoslav Čelnik, 16th-century duke (voivode) of Srem

Other

• Radoslav (painter), Serbian 15th-century painter
• Radoslav Anev (born 1985), Bulgarian footballer
• Radoslav Antl (born 1978), Slovak handball player
• Radoslav Apostolov (born 1997), Bulgarian footballer
• Radoslav Augustín (born 1987), Slovak footballer
• Radoslav Bachev (born 1981), Bulgarian footballer
• Radoslav Batak (born 1977), Montenegrin footballer
• Radoslav Bečejac (born 1941), Yugoslav footballer
• Radoslav Boychev (born 1981), Bulgarian politician
• Radoslav Bratić (1948–2016), Serbian writer, playwright and editor
• Radoslav Brzobohatý (1932–2012), Czech actor
• Radoslav Brđanin (1948–2022), Serbian war criminal
• Radoslav Ciprys (born 1987), Slovak footballer
• Radoslav Cokić (born 1958), Serbian politician
• Radoslav Dimitrov (born 1988), Bulgarian footballer
• Radoslav Ďuriš (born 1974), Slovak wheelchair curler
• Radoslav Filipović (born 19 August 1997), Serbian water polo player
• Radoslav Glavaš (junior) (1909–1945), Herzegovinian Croat Franciscan and fascist collaborator
• Radoslav Glavaš (senior) (1867–1913), Herzegovinian Croat Franciscan
• Radoslav Gondoľ (born 1991), Slovak footballer
• Radoslav Harman, Slovak mathematician
• Radoslav Hecl (born 1974), Slovak ice hockey player
• Radoslav Holúbek (born 1975), Slovak hurdler
• Radoslav Iliev (born 2000), Bulgarian footballer
• Radoslav Illo (born 1990), Slovak ice hockey player
• Radoslav Kasabov (born 1938), Bulgarian wrestler
• Radoslav Katičić (1930–2019), Croatian linguist, historian and culturologist
• Radoslav Kirilov (born 1992), Bulgarian footballer
• Radoslav Komitov (born 1977), Bulgarian footballer
• Radoslav Konstantinov (born 1983), Bulgarian cyclist
• Radoslav Kováč (born 1979), Czech footballer and manager
• Radoslav Kratina (1928–1999), Czech designer, photographer
• Radoslav Kropáč (born 1975), Slovak ice hockey player
• Radoslav Kráľ (born 1974), Slovak footballer
• Radoslav Kunzo (1974–2023), Slovak footballer
• Radoslav Kvapil (born 1934), Czech pianist and composer
• Radoslav Lopašić (1830–1893), Croatian historian
• Radoslav Lorković (born 1958), Croatian born musician
• Radoslav Lukaev (born 1982), Bulgarian tennis player
• Radoslav Látal (born 1970), Czech footballer
• Radoslav Malenovský (born 1986), Slovak sport shooter
• Radoslav Marjanović (born 1989), Serbian politician
• Radoslav Mihaljević (fl. 1426–1436), Serbian magnate
• Radoslav Milenković (born 1958), Serbian actor and theatre director
• Radoslav Milojičić (born 1984), Serbian politician
• Radoslav Mitrevski (born 1981), Bulgarian footballer
• Radoslav Momirski (1919–2007), Yugoslav football manager
• Radoslav Nenadál (1929–2018), Czech writer and translator
• Radoslav "Rasho" Nesterović (born 1976), Slovenian basketball player
• Radoslav Novaković (born 1978), Serbian rugby league player
• Radoslav Pantaleev (born1993), Bulgarian boxer
• Radoslav Pavlović (born 1954), Serbian writer
• Radoslav Peković (born 1994), Serbian basketball player
• Radoslav Procházka (born 1972), Slovak lawyer and former politician
• Radoslav Radev (born 1960), Bulgarian diver
• Radoslav Radić (1890–1946), Bosnian Serb Chetnik commander
• Radoslav Radulović (born 1972), Bosnian footballer
• Radoslav Rangelov (born 1985), Bulgarian footballer
• Radoslav Rančík (born 1979), Slovak basketball player
• Radoslav Rashkov (born 1987), Bulgarian footballer
• Radoslav Rochallyi (born 1980), Slovak writer
• Radoslav Rogina (born 1979), Croatian road bicycle racer
• Radoslav Rosenov, Bulgarian boxer
• Radoslav Samardžić (born 1970), Serbian footballer
• Radoslav Shandarov (born 1996), Bulgarian tennis player
• Radoslav Školník (born 1979), Slovak footballer
• Radoslav Sloboda, Slovak ice hockey player
• Radoslav Stojanović (handball) (born 1978), Macedonian handball player and coach
• Radoslav Stojanović, professor of law at the University of Belgrade and politician
• Radoslav Suchý (born 1976), Slovak ice hockey player
• Radoslav Suslekov (born 1974), Bulgarian boxer
• Radoslav Svoboda (born 1957), Czechoslovak ice hockey player
• Radoslav Terziev (born 1994), Bulgarian footballer
• Radoslav Tsonev (born 1995), Bulgarian footballer
• Radoslav Tybor (born 1989), Slovak ice hockey player
• Radoslav Uzunov (born 2006), Bulgarian footballer
• Radoslav Vanko (born 1983), Slovak model
• Radoslav Vasilev (born 1990), Bulgarian footballer
• Radoslav Velikov (born 1983), Bulgarian freestyle wrestler
• Radoslav Večerka (1928–2017), Czech linguist and university professor
• Radoslav Yankov (born 1990), Bulgarian snowboarder
• Radoslav Zabavník (born 1980), Slovak footballer
• Radoslav Zdravkov (born 1956), Bulgarian footballer
• Radoslav Zhivkov (born 1999), Bulgarian footballer
• Radoslav Židek (born 1981), Slovakian snowboarder
• Radoslav Zlatanov (born 1987), Bulgarian track and field athlete

See also

• All pages with titles containing Radoslav
• Radoslav Gospel, 1429 manuscript by Serbian scribe
• Radosav, alternative form of the name
• Radosław (given name), Polish form
• Radoslava, feminine form of the name
• Radosavljević, patronymic surname
• Radič

References

1. Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Radoslav
2. Myroslava T. Znayenko (1980). The Gods of the Ancient Slavs: Tatishchev and the Beginnings of Slavic Mythology. Slavica. p. 79. ISBN   978-0-89357-074-3.