Rostislav is a male

Slavic given name Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-base names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ' ...

, meaning "to increase glory". The feminine counterpart is Rostislava.

Name Day

*Czech: ''19 April'' *Slovene: ''10 March'' *Slovak: ''13 January'' *Polish: ''17 January'' *Ukrainian: ''27 March''

In various languages

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

People

Royalty

Rostislav of Tmutarakan Rostislav Vladimirovich ( – 3 February 1066) was a landless prince ('' izgoi'') from the Rurikid dynasty of Kievan Rus’. He was baptized as Mikhail. According to the Russian genealogist Nikolai Baumgarten, the mother of Rostislav was Oda ...

(d. 1066) *

Rostislav Vsevolodovich Rostislav Vsevolodovich (c. 1070–1093) was the Prince of Pereyaslavl (1078–1093), son of Vsevolod I of Kiev, and half brother of Vladimir Monomakh. He fought at Stuhna river against the Cumans The Cumans or Kumans were a Turkic people ...

, Prince of Pereyaslavl from 1078-1093 *

Rostislav I of Kiev Rostislav Mstislavich ( – 1167) was Prince of Smolensk (1125–1160), Novgorod (1154) and Grand Prince of Kiev (1154–1155; 1159–1161; 1161–1167). He is the founder of the Rostislavichi branch of Rurikid princes in Smolensk Smolensk ...

, Grand Prince of Kiev from 1154–1167, with intervals *

Rostislav II of Kiev Rostislav Rurikovich (1173 – before 1214) was Prince of Torchesk (1195–1205), Grand Prince of Kiev (1204–1206), Prince of Vyshgorod (1205–1210), and Prince of Galicia (1207).Енциклопедія українознавства : � ...

, Grand Prince of Kiev from 1204–1206 *

Rostislav III of Kiev Rostislav Mikhailovich (, Bulgarian language, Bulgarian and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Ростислав Михайлович) (after 1210 / c. 1225 – 1262) was a Rurikid prince and a dignitary in the Kingdom of Hungary. He was Novgorod R ...

, Grand Prince of Kiev in 1239 *

Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich of Russia Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich of Russia (24 November ld Style and New Style dates, O.S. 11 November1902 – 31 July 1978) was the fifth son and sixth child of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna. He was a n ...

(1902–1978) * Prince Rostislav Romanov, multiple persons

Others

Rostislav Čtvrtlík Rostislav Čtvrtlík (9 November 1963 – 6 March 2011) was a Czech stage, television and voice actor. He was the Czech voice of Matthew Perry in ''Friends'' and other TV shows and movies. Biography Čtvrtlík was born in Olomouc in 1963. He at ...

, Czech actor * Rostislav Goldshteyn, Russian politician * Rostislav Olesz (born 1985), Czech hockey player *

Rostislav Shilo Rostislav Alexandrovich Shilo () (23 October 1940 – 26 April 2016) was a Soviet and Russian public figure, an honoured worker of culture of the RSFSR, a director of the Novosibirsk Zoo (1972–2016), an honorary resident of Novosibirsk and a ...

(1940–2016), Russian zoo director * Rostislav Stratimirovich (1683–1688), Bulgarian rebel leader *

Rostislav Vojáček Rostislav Vojáček (born 23 February 1949 in Křenovice) is a Czech former football defender. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 40 matches and scored one goal. He was participant in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and had a sticker i ...

(born 1949), Czech footballer

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