Sviataslau
From Slavic roots, this name carries "holy glory," święta sława. It's a rare one and always male: most Poles have never met a bearer, and boys almost never get it now.
Sviataslau Pronunciation
What Sviataslau means
Where Sviataslau comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name is built from two old Slavic roots. "Svyat" meant holy or sacred, and "slava" meant glory. Together they read as "holy glory," the sense the name has kept. Sviataslau is the Belarusian spelling of a name written Sviatoslav further east.
History gives it a face. Sviatoslav I of Kyiv, the warrior prince who ruled in the tenth century, carried the same two roots. His name paired the sacred with renown, a compound that Slavic rulers of that period favoured for their sons.
A boy named Sviataslau today meets his name on an official form at the urząd, where the Belarusian spelling stands out among Polish neighbours. The "-au" ending marks its origin plainly. It is old. Whatever glory a bearer earns, the name already files it under the holy, which is what "święta sława" says in Polish.
How many people are named Sviataslau
1 in 135102 men in Poland is named Sviataslau. 158 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2571 among male names.