Slava is a common root in Slavic names, and means “glory, fame.” It appears fairly evenly among East, West, and South Slavic names. A few of these names are so popular, they also have equivalents in non-Slavic languages.
Some sources believe the name Gustave, with its many variants, also comes from the slava root. Though a possible etymology is “staff of the Geats,” from Old Norse gautr (Goth, Geat) and stafr (staff), the name Gautstafr isn’t well-documented in any evidence from that time and place. It may have truly come from Medieval Slavic name Gostislav (glorious guest).
As expected, the common nickname for both sexes is Slava or Sława.
Berislav(a) (Croatian): To gather glory, to take glory
Blahoslav(a) (Czech, Slovak): Pleasant glory
Bogoslav(a) (Croatian), Bohuslav(a) (Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian), Bogusław(a) (Polish): Glory of God
Bojislav(a) (Czech, Croatian): Battle glory
Boleslav(a) (Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian), Bolesław(a) (Polish): Greater glory; more glory
Borislav(a) (Serbian, Russian, Bulgarian): Glorious battle
Branislav(a) (Serbian, Czech, Slovak, Macedonian, Slovenian, Croatian), Bronisław(a) (Polish), Bronislav(a) (Russian, Czech, Slovak), Bronislovas (Lithuanian): Protection and glory
Břetislav(a) (Czech), Bryachislav(a) (Russian), Bretislav(a) (Slovak, Slovenian): To cry glory
Budislav(a) (Czech, Serbian, Croatian): To wake up glory
Czesław(a) (Polish): Honour and glory
Desislav(a) (Bulgarian): Tenfold glory
Dobroslav(a) (Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian), Dobrosław(a) (Polish): Good glory
Domaslav(a) (Medieval Russian): Home glory
Dragoslav(a) (Serbian, Slovenian, Croatian), Drahoslav(a) (Czech, Slovak): Precious glory
Drenislav(a) (Croatian): European cornel (a type of dogwood) glory
Fiebrosław(a) (Medieval Polish): February glory
Goroslav(a) (Croatian): Mountain glory
Hranislav(a) (Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian): To protect glory; to defend glory
Hrvoslav(a) (Croatian): Croatian glory
Jugoslav(a) (Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian): Southern glory
Krumislav(a) (Macedonian): Possibly “rock glory”
Krunoslav(a) (Croatian): Glorious crown
Květoslav(a) (Czech), Kvetoslav(a) (Slovak), Cvjetislav(a) (Croatian): Flower of glory
Lechosław(a) (Polish): Glory of Lech (legendary founder of Poland)
Levoslav(a) (Slovak): Glorious lion
Ľuboslav(a) (Slovak): Glorious love
Mieczysław(a) (Polish), Mechislav(a) (Russian): Sword of glory
Miloslav(a) (Czech, Slovak), Miłosław(a) (Polish): Gracious glory; dear glory
Miroslav(a) (Russian, Serbian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Slovenian, Macedonian, Croatian), Mirosław(a) (Polish), Myroslav(a) (Ukrainian): Peaceful glory; world glory
Mislav(a) (Croatian): “My glory” or “thought of glory”
Mstislav(a) (Russian, Czech), Mścisław(a) (Polish): Vengeance and glory
Nadislav(a) (Serbian, Croatian): Hope and glory
Ninoslav(a) (Serbian, Croatian): Now glory
Novislav(a) (Bulgarian, Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian): New glory
Pomnislav(a) (Medieval Slavic): To think of glory
Pravoslav(a) (Czech, Slovak): Justice and glory
Prvoslav(a) (Serbian): First glory
Radoslav(a) (Serbian, Czech, Slovak, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Croatian), Radosław(a) (Polish): Happy glory
Ratislav(a) (Serbian): Glorious war
Rostislav(a) (Russian, Czech), Rastislav(a) (Slovak): Growth of glory
Slavěna (Czech): Glory
Slaveya (Bulgarian): Glory
Slavogost (Medieval Slavic): Glorious guest
Slavoj (Slovenian, Czech, Slovak): Soldier of glory
Slavomir(a) (Serbian, Croatian), Slavomír(a) (Czech, Slovak), Sławomir(a) (Polish), Sławòmir(a) (Kashubian): Great glory; famous glory; glorious peace; glorious world
Sobiesław(a) (Polish), Soběslav(a) (Czech): Glory for oneself
Stanislav(a) (Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Slovenian, Serbian, Croatian), Stanisław(a) (Polish), Stanislaǔ (Belarusian), Staņislavs (Latvian), Stanislovas (Lithuanian, male), Stanislova (Lithuanian, female): To stand in glory; to become glory
Svyatoslav(a) (Russian, Ukrainian), Svetoslav(a) (Bulgarian), Svatoslav(a) (Czech, Slovak), Świętosław(a) (Polish): Holy glory, blessed glory
Tomislav(a) (Serbian, Slovenian, Croatian): Glorious torture
Velislav(a) (Bulgarian): Great glory
Věroslav(a) (Czech), Vieroslav(a) (Slovak): Faith and glory
Víťazoslav(a) (Slovak): Glorious winner; glorious champion; glorious conqueror
Vítězslav(a) (Czech): Master of glory; lord of glory
Vjekoslav(a) (Croatian): Age of glory
Vladislav(a) (Russian, Bulgarian, Slovenian, Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian), Ladislav(a) (Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian), Vladyslav(a) (Ukrainian), Władysław(a) (Polish), Włodzisław(a) (Polish), Ladislao (Italian), László (Hungarian): To rule in glory
Vlastislav(a) (Czech, Slovak, Serbian): To rule in glory
Vl’koslav(a) (Russian): Great glory
Voyslav(a) (Russian): Glorious war
Vratislav(a) (Czech, Slovak), Warcisław(a) (Polish): To return in glory
Vyacheslav(a) (Russian, Ukrainian), Václav(a) (Czech, Slovak), Vyachaslaǔ (Belarusian), Ventseslav(a) (Bulgarian), Višeslav(a) (Serbian, Croatian), Vjenceslav(a) (Croatian), Vecéslav(a) (Croatian), Věnceslav(a) (Czech), Więcesław(a) (Polish), Wacław(a) (Polish), Vencel (Hungarian), Veaceslav (Romanian), Wenzel (German), Wenzeslaus (German), Venceslás (Spanish): More glory
Witoslav(a) (Medieval Czech): To rule in glory
Yanislav(a) (Bulgarian), Janislav(a) (Slovenian, Croatian): John’s glory
Yaroslav(a) (Russian, Ukrainian), Jaroslav(a) (Czech, Slovak), Jaroslavas (Lithuanian), Jarosław(a) (Polish): Fierce and glorious
Zbysław(a) (Polish): To dispel glory
Zdislav(a) (Czech), Zdzisław(a) (Polish), Zdeslav(a) (Croatian): To build glory
Zmagoslav(a) (Slovenian): Victory and glory
Onomastics Outside the Box 