Boleslav - Meaning of Boleslav

What does Boleslav mean?

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Boleslav

[ 3 syll. bo-le-slav, bol-esl-av ] The baby boy name Boleslav is pronounced as BOWLeh-SLaa-V †. Boleslav is a Czech name of Slavonic origin. It is derived from the element 'slav' with the meaning fame, glory, Slav.

The name Bolek and the name Boleslaw (Polish) are variant transcriptions of Boleslav.

See also the related categories, glory (honor) and czech.

Boleslav is seldom used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names.

A baby name that sounds like Boleslav is the name Blahoslav (Czech).

† English pronunciation for Boleslav: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; V as in "vow (V.AW)"