Wenceslaus

English

Etymology

Latinization of a Slavic (Old Czech) name, from Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslavъ.

Proper noun

Wenceslaus

A male given name.

Usage notes

Applied to historical persons in English, notably, a tenth century king and patron saint of Bohemia.

Related terms

Wenceslas

Translations

male given name

Belarusian: Вячасла́ў (Vjačasláŭ)
Bulgarian: Вацлав (Vaclav)
Czech: Václav (cs)
Faroese: Vensil
German: Wenzel (de)
Hungarian: Vencel (hu)
Polish: Wacław (pl)

Portuguese: Venceslau (pt) m, Wenceslau m
Russian: Вячесла́в (ru) m (Vjačesláv)
Serbo-Croatian: Vaclav m, Вацлав m
Slovak: Václav
Spanish: Wenceslao (es)
Ukrainian: Венцесла́в (Vencesláv)

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