| Gender | masculine |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Slavic |
| Meaning | "eager glory" |
| Region of origin | Slavic Europe |
| Other names | |
| Short form(s) | Radan, Radek, Radič |
| Derived | rad- ("happy, eager, to care") and slava ("glory, fame") |
| Related names | Radosław, Radosav, Radič, Radu |
Radoslav (Cyrillic: Радослав) is a common Slavic masculine given name, derived from rad- ("happy, eager, to care") and slava ("glory, fame"), both very common in Slavic dithematic names. It roughly means "eager glory". It is known since the Middle Ages.[1] The earliest known Radoslav was a 9th-century Serbian ruler. It may refer to:
People
- Radoslav Bachev (born 1981), Bulgarian footballer
- Radoslav Batak (born 1977), Montenegrin footballer
- Radoslav Brđanin (1948–2022), Serbian war criminal
- Radoslav Brzobohatý (1932–2012), Czech actor
- Radoslav Hecl (born 1974), Slovak ice hockey player
- Radoslav Katičić (1930–2019), Croatian linguist, historian and culturologist
- Radoslav Kováč (born 1979), Czech footballer and manager
- Radoslav Kvapil (born 1934), Czech pianist and composer
- Radoslav Látal (born 1970), Czech footballer
- Radoslav Lorković (born 1958), Croatian born musician
- Radoslav "Rasho" Nesterović (born 1976), Slovenian basketball player
- Radoslav Rangelov (born 1985), Bulgarian footballer
- Radoslav Rochallyi (born 1980), Slovak writer
- Radoslav Samardžić (born 1970), Serbian footballer
- Radoslav Stojanović, professor of law at the University of Belgrade and former member of the Founding Committee of the Democratic Party
- Radoslav Suchý (born 1976), Slovak ice hockey player
- Radoslav Suslekov (born 1974), Bulgarian boxer
- Radoslav Zabavník (born 1980), Slovak footballer
- Radoslav Židek (born 1981), Slovakian snowboarder
- Radoslav (painter), Serbian 15th-century painter
Royalty and nobility
- Radoslav of Serbia, Prince of Serbia (r. 800–822)
- Radoslav of Duklja, Prince of Duklja (r. 1146–48)
- Stefan Radoslav (c. 1192 – c. 1234), king of Serbia from 1228 to 1233
- Radoslav Hlapen (fl. 1350–71), Serbian magnate
- Radoslav, 13th–14th-century Bulgarian sebastokrator
- Radoslav Čelnik, 16th-century duke (voivode) of Srem
Other
- Radoslav Gospel, 1429 manuscript by Serbian scribe
See also
- Radosław (disambiguation)
- Radosav
- Radič
- Radosavljević and Radoslavljević, patronymic surnames
References
- ↑ Myroslava T. Znayenko (1980). The Gods of the Ancient Slavs: Tatishchev and the Beginnings of Slavic Mythology. Slavica. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-89357-074-3.
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