Rostislav

Rostislav
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Slavic
Meaning	rost- ("increase, grow") + -sław/-slav ("glory, fame")

Last updated July 27, 2025

Rostislav is a male Slavic given name, meaning "to increase glory".^{[ citation needed ]} The feminine counterpart is Rostislava.

Name Day

Czech: 19 April^{[ citation needed ]}
Slovene: 10 March^{[ citation needed ]}
Slovak: 13 January^{[ citation needed ]}
Polish: 17 January^{[ citation needed ]}
Ukrainian: 27 March^{[ citation needed ]}

In various languages

Slovak Rastislav
Bulgarian, Russian: Ростислав (Rostislav), Czech: Rostislav
Ukrainian: Rostyslav
Belarusian: Rascislaŭ (roughly pronounced: Ras'-tsi-slaw)
Polish: Rościsław (roughly pronounced: Ros'-chi-swav)

People

Royalty

Rostislav of Tmutarakan (d. 1066)
Rostislav Vsevolodovich, Prince of Pereyaslavl from 1078-1093
Rostislav I of Kiev, Grand Prince of Kiev from 1154–1167, with intervals
Rostislav II of Kiev, Grand Prince of Kiev from 1204–1206
Rostislav III of Kiev, Grand Prince of Kiev in 1239
Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich of Russia (1902–1978)
Prince Rostislav Romanov, multiple persons

Others

Rostislav Čtvrtlík, Czech actor
Rostislav Goldshteyn, Russian politician
Rostislav Olesz (born 1985), Czech hockey player
Rostislav Shilo (1940–2016), Russian zoo director
Rostislav Stratimirovich (1683–1688), Bulgarian rebel leader
Rostislav Vojáček (born 1949), Czech footballer

References

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