Rostislav

Rostislav is a male Slavic given name, meaning "to increase glory". The feminine counterpart is Rostislava.

In various languages

• Slovak Rastislav
• Bulgarian, Russian: Ростислав (Rostislav), Czech: Rostislav
• Ukrainian: Rostyslav
• Belarusian: RascislaÅ­ (roughly pronounced: Ras-tsi-slaw)
• Polish: Rościsław (roughly pronounced: Ros-chi-swav)

People

Royalty

• Rostislav of Tmutarakan (d. 1066)
• Rostislav Vsevolodovich, Prince of Pereyaslavl from 1078-1093
• Rostislav I of Kiev, Grand Prince of Kiev from 1154–1167, with intervals
• Rostislav II of Kiev, Grand Prince of Kiev from 1204–1206
• Rostislav III of Kiev, Grand Prince of Kiev in 1239
• Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich of Russia (1902–1978)
• Prince Rostislav Romanov, multiple persons

Others

• Rostislav Čtvrtlík, Czech actor
• Rostislav Goldshteyn, Russian politician
• Rostislav Olesz (born 1985), Czech hockey player
• Rostislav Shilo (1940–2016), Russian zoo director
• Rostislav Stratimirovich (1683–1688), Bulgarian rebel leader
• Rostislav Vojáček (born 1949), Czech footballer

See also

• Rastko

References