Dobroslav

Dobroslav / Dobrosław
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Slavic
Meaning	dobro ("good, goodness") + sława/slava ("glory, fame")
Other names
Variant form(s)	Dobrosława (f), Dobroslava (f), Dobroslavka (f)
Related names	Dobromir, Dobromil
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Dobroslav (Cyrillic script: Доброслав) is a Slavic masculine given name which contains two elements: "dobro" - good, goodness and "sława/slava" - glory, fame. The Polish spelling is Dobrosław. Variants include Serbian Dobrosav. The feminine forms are Dobroslava, Dobroslavka, Dobrosława. The name may refer to:

• Stefan Vojislav (fl. 1018 - d. 1043), anachronistically called Dobroslav, Prince of the Serbs
• Dobroslav II, ruler of Duklja 1101–1102
• Dobroslav III, ruler of Duklja in 1102
• Dobrosława Bałazy, from Teatr Polskiego Radia
• Dobroslav Chrobák, Slovak writer
• Dobroslav Jevđević, Bosnian Serb politician and Chetnik commander
• Dobrosav Krstić, retired Serbian footballer of the 1950s and 1960s who was very successful with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in French Division 1
• Dobroslav Paraga (9 December 1960), Croatian right-wing politician
• Jonatán Dobroslav Čipka, Slovak priest, poet and author

It may also refer to Eurasia, a translation of the name into Greek, after a Christian martyr from the 9th century.

See also

• Slavic names
• Dobroslava, a village and municipality in Svidník District, Slovakia
• Dobrosloveni, a commune in Olt County, Romania
• Dobroslavtsi, a village in Sofia in western Bulgaria

External links

• http://www.behindthename.com/name/dobrosl16aw