Wenceslas - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ syll. wen-ce-slas, we-ncesl-as ] The boy name Wenceslas is pronounced WEHNSahSLahS ^KEY. Wenceslas' language of origin is Old Slavic and it is predominantly used in English. Two-element biblical name derived from ventie and slav with the meanings 'more, greater' and 'fame, glory, Slav' respectively. Venceslav (Old Slavic) is an old form of the name. The name was borne by Saint Wenceslas (907-935), duke and patron of Bohemia; he is best known among English-speakers from the Christmas carol "Good King Wenceslas". The name was later borne by four kings of Bohemia.

Variants of Wenceslas include Václav (Czech), Venceslao (Italian), Venceslau (Portuguese), Venceslav (Czech), Venceslás (Spanish), Vyacheslav (Russian), Waclaw (Polish), Wenzel (German), and Wenzeslaus (German).

Wenceslas is not popular as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000.

A baby name that sounds like Wenceslas is Wenzeslaus (German).

^KEY: approx pronunciation for Wenceslas: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"

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