Vladislav ( (, ); , ; Russian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, ) is a male given name of Slavic origin. Variations include Volodislav, Vlastislav and Vlaslav. In the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Croatia, the common variation is Ladislav.
Outside of Slavic and Eastern Romance countries, it is sometimes latinized as either Vladislaus or Vladislas. Spanish forms include Ladislao and Uladislao. The Portuguese and Romanian forms are Ladislau. The Hungarian form is László.
In Russian-speaking countries, it is usually colloquially shortened to either Vlad (Влад) or Vladik (Владик).
The feminine form of the name Vladislav is Vladislava or, in Polish spelling, Władysława.
Origin
The name Vladislav literally means 'one who owns a glory', or simply 'famous'. It is a composite name derived from two Slavic roots: Vlad-, meaning either 'to own' (Ukrainian volodity [] means 'to own', Polish ['to possess'], Russian [ 'to own']), or 'to rule' (another meaning of Polish władać is 'to rule'. Ukrainian vlada [влада] means 'power', 'the government'; in Slovak and Czech, vláda means ruling body, government in modern form, vládnuť (vládnout) means 'to rule', vládca [vládce] is 'ruler'), and slav-, meaning 'fame'/'glory'. It has also extended into Romania and Moldova, which are non-Slavic countries.
People with the name
Mononymous uses
Vladislav, a duke of Croatia, 821–c. 835
Ivan Vladislav, emperor of Bulgaria 1015–1018
Vladislaus I, duke of Bohemia 1109–1117, 1120–1125
Vladislaus II (c. 1110–1174), duke and later king of Bohemia 1158–1172
Vladislaus III, duke of Bohemia, 1197; prince of Bohemia and margrave of Moravia, 1197–1222 Stefan Vladislav I, king of Serbia 1234–1243 Stefan Vladislav II (reigned 1316 to 1325), king of Syrmia Vladislav of Bosnia, ruler of Banate of Bosnia, died 1354 Vladislav I, ruler of Wallachia 1364–c. 1377 Władysław II Jagiełło (d. 1434), grand duke of Lithuania and king of Poland 1386–1434 Vladislav II, ruler of Wallachia 1447–1456 Vladislaus II of Hungary, king of Bohemia 1471–1516, king of Hungary and Croatia 1490–1516 Vladislav I Herman of Poland, duke of Poland Vladislav the Grammarian (fl. 1456–1479), Bulgarian writer Vladislav III of Wallachia (died 1525), ruler of Wallachia Vladislav IV of Russia (reigned 1595–1648), king of Poland, grand duke of Lithuania and titular king of Sweden
Given name
František Vladislav Hek (1769–1847), Czech national revivalist
Władysław Horodecki (1863–1930), Polish architect
Vladislav Artemiev (born 1998), Russian Chess Grandmaster
Vladislav Bajac (born 1954), Serbian writer, journalist, and publisher
Vladislav Bogićević (born 1950), Serbian footballer
Vladislav Bykanov (born 1989), Israeli Olympic short track speed skater
Vladislav Dajković (born 1992), Montenegrin political and activist
Vladislav Jovanović (born 1933), Serbian diplomat
Vladislav Khodasevich (1886–1939), Russian poet
Vladislav Krapivin (1938–2020), Russian writer
Vladislav Kulminski (born 1972), Moldovan politician
Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist and head of the ORT TV Channel (now government-owned Channel One) Vladislav Petković Dis (1880–1917), Serbian impressionist poet Vladislav F. Ribnikar (1871–1914), Serbian journalist, founder of Politika Vladislav Roslyakov (2000–2018), Russian mass murderer and perpetrator of the 2018 Kerch Polytechnic College massacre Vladislav Sitnichenko (born 1998), Russian footballer Vladislav Tretiak (born 1952), Russian ice hockey goaltender Vladislav Vančura (1891–1942), Czech writer, playwright and film director Vladyslav Vashchuk (born 1975), Ukrainian footballer