Baby name
CLASSIC
🇨🇿 Václav
/VAH · tslav/
Meaning
“Greater glory”
Czech masculine name from an Old Slavic compound meaning 'greater glory'; borne by the patron saint of Bohemia and by Václav Havel, the dissident playwright and president.
Nicknames
vašek
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Deeply Czech; ages as a national classic.
The cultural moment.
Consistently one of the most common Czech masculine names throughout history; still in the top 50 as of the 2010s.