WENCESLAS

Wenceslas: translation

Latinizedform of an East EuropeanSlavonicname, composed of the elementsventiemore, greater +slavglory. St Wenceslas was a 10th-century duke of Bohemia noted for his piety, the grandson of St Ludmilla. He is regarded as the patron of Bohemia, which now forms part of Czechoslovakia. This was also the name of four kings of Bohemia in the period covering the 13th to the 15th century.

Cognates:German: Wenzeslaus,WENZEL(SEE Wenzel).Polish:WACŁAW(SEE Wacław).Czech: Věnceslav, Václav.Russian: Vyacheslav.Italian: Venceslao.Spanish: Venceslás.Portuguese: Venceslau.