Rostislav (given name)

Rostyslav, Rostislav, Rościsław, Rastislav
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Slavic
Meaning	rosti ("increase, grow") + sława/slava ("glory, fame")
Other names
Variant form(s)	Rostislava (f), Rościsława (f), Rastislava (f)
Related names	Rościgniew, Rostimir
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Rastislav or Rostislav is a male Slavic given name, meaning "to increase glory" . The name has been used by several notable people of Czech, Polish, Ukrainian, Serbian, Russian and Slovak backgrounds.

• Old Slavonic, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian: Rastislav
• Bulgarian, Czech, Russian: Rostislav
• Ukrainian: Rostyslav
• Belarusian: Rascisłaŭ
• Polish: Rościsław (roughly pronounced: Rosh-chi-swaf)

Name Day

• Czech: 19 April
• Slovene: 10 March
• Slovak: 13 January
• Polish: 17 January

Derivatives and nicknames

Rostia, Rostek, Rastko, Rastio, Rasty, Rostic, Rosko, Rostko, Rastík, Rasťo, Slava, Slavik

List of people with the given name Rostislav or Rastislav

Royalty

• Rastislav of Moravia, second ruler of Great Moravia 846–870
• Rostislav of Tmutarakan (d. 1066)
• Rostislav Vsevolodovich, Prince of Pereyaslavl 1078-1093
• Rostislav I of Kiev, (Rostislav Mstislavich), Grand Prince of Kiev from 1154–1167, with intervals
• Rostislav II of Kiev, (Rostislav Rurikovich), Grand Prince of Kiev from 1204–1206
• Rostislav III of Kiev (Rostislav Mikhailovich or Rostislav of Slavonia), Grand Prince of Kiev in 1239
• Rastislav Nemanjić (Rastko), Grand Prince of Hum 1190-1192, Serb Archbishop 1217-1235
• Rastislalić family, 14th-century Serbian noble family

Others

• Rastislav Beličák, a Slovakian footballer
• Rastislav Kužel, a Slovak sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s
• Rastislav Michalík, a Slovakian footballer
• Rastislav Staňa, a Slovak professional ice hockey goaltender
• Rastislav Špirko - Slovak hockey player
• Rastislav Dej - Slovak hockey player
• Milan Rastislav Štefánik, a Slovak politician, diplomat, and astronomer
• Rostislav Olesz - Czech hockey player
• Rostislav Vojáček - ex-Czechoslovakian footballer
• Rostislav Čtvrtlík - Czech actor
• Rościsław Żerelik, a Polish historian
• Rostyslav Baltadjy (ukr. Балтаджі), Ukrainian scientific researcher of fisheries