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 [ syll. ros-ti-slav, ro-stisl-av ] The boy name Rostislav is pronounced as RAASTahSLaaV KEY. Rostislav is used predominantly in the Russian and Czech languages, and it is derived from Germanic and Slavonic origins. From Germanic and Slavonic roots, its meaning is usurper of glory - in this context, Rostislav is usually used in the Czech and Russian languages. Derived from the elements 'rosts' meaning usurp, arrogate ; 'slav' meaning fame, glory, Slav. The name Rostislava (Czech) is the female version of Rostislav. Roscislaw (Polish), Rost'a (Czech), and Rostya (Russian) are variants of Rostislav. In addition, Rostislav is a variant (Russian) of the name Richard (Czech, English, French, and German). Other variants of Rostislav include the pet forms Rostek (Czech), Rostícek (Czech), Rostík (Czech), and RostyaRost'a. Rostislav is rarely used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Rostislav, Richard (Czech, English, French, and German) was the most commonly used in 2008. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Rostislav: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)"   |
