Slava is a given name in
Slavic countries
Slavs are the largest European ethnolinguistic group. They speak the various Slavic languages, belonging to the larger Balto-Slavic language, Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout ...
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Slava is a common nickname for masculine Slavic names ending with "-slav", e.g. ''Vyacheslav'', ''Stanislav'', ''Yaroslav'', ''Sviatoslav'', ''Rostislav'', ''Mstislav'' or feminine Slavic names ending with "-slava", e.g. ''Miroslava'', ''Yaroslava''. Notable people whose given name has this etymology include:
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Desi Slava
Desislava Ivanova Doneva ( bg, Десислава Иванова Донева; born 7 March 1979), known by her stage names Desi Slava ( bg, Деси Слава) or DESS, is a Bulgarian singer-songwriter and producer. She was born in Radnevo, ...
(born 1979), Bulgarian musician (Desislava)
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Slava (singer)
Anastasia Vladimirovna Slanevskaya (russian: Анастаси́я Влади́мировна Слане́вская; born 15 May 1980), known professionally as Slava (russian: Сла́ва), is a Russian singer, actress, model, and public figur ...
(born 1980), Russian singer (Anastasia)
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Slava Bykov
Vyacheslav Arkadevich "Slava" Bykov (russian: Вячеслав Аркадьевич Быков, born 24 July 1960 in Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and a former head ...
(born 1960), Russian ice hockey player and coach (Vyacheslav)
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Slava Fetisov (born 1958), Russian ice hockey player (Viacheslav)
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Slava Frolova
Vyacheslava Vladyslavivna Frolova (also known as ''Slava Frolova'') ( uk, Вячесла́ва Владисла́вівна Фроло́ва ), is a Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
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(born 1976), Ukrainian television presenter (Vyacheslava)
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Slava Gerovitch (born 1963), American historian of Russian science (Vyacheslav)
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Slava Kozlov
Vyacheslav Anatolevich "Slava" Kozlov (russian: Вячеслав Анатольевич Козлов; born May 3, 1972) is a Russian former professional ice hockey left winger.
Kozlov was a member of the Stanley Cup winning Detroit Red Wings ...
(born 1972), Russian ice hockey player (Vyacheslav)
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Slava KPSS (born 1990), Russian musician (Vyacheslav)
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Slava Kravtsov
Viacheslav "Slava" Kravtsov ( uk, В’ячеслав Кравцов; born 25 August 1987) is a Ukrainian professional basketball player for the Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers of the P. League+. He also represents the Ukrainian national basketball t ...
(born 1987), Ukrainian basketball player (Viacheslav)
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Slava Kurilov
Stanislav Vasilyevich "Slava" Kurilov (russian: Станислав Васильевич Курилов; July 17, 1936 – January 29, 1998) was a Soviet, Canadian and Israeli oceanographer. He escaped from the Soviet Union by jumping overboard ...
(1936–1998) Soviet, Canadian and Israeli oceanographer (Stanislav)
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Slava Medvedenko
Stanislav "Slava" Medvedenko ( uk, Станіслав "Слава" Медведенко; born April 4, 1979) is a Ukrainian former professional basketball player, who played with the Atlanta Hawks and the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Baske ...
(born 1979), Ukrainian basketball player (Stanislav)
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Slava Mogutin
Slava Mogutin (full name Yaroslav Yurievich Mogutin, b. April 12, 1974, Kemerovo) is a New York-based Russian artist and author, who works across different media, including photography, video, text, installation, sculpture, and painting.
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(born 1974), New York-based Russian artist and author (Yaroslav)
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Slava Polunin
Vyacheslav Ivanovich “Slava” Polunin PAR[Slava Rychkov
Vyacheslav Rychkov (called Slava Rychkov, Russian Вячеслав Рычков, transcription Vyacheslav Rychkov; born 27 May 1975 in Samara, Russia ) is a Russian-Italian-French theoretical physicist and mathematician.
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(born 1975), Russian-Italian-French physicist and mathematician (Vyacheslav)
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Slava Stetsko (1920–2003), Ukrainian politician and World War II veteran (Yaroslava)
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Slava Tsukerman (born 1940), Russian Jewish film director (Vladislav)
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Slava Turyshev
Slava G. Turyshev (russian: Слава Турышев) is a Russian physicist now working in the US at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). He is known for his investigations of the Pioneer anomaly, affecting Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 s ...
, Russian physicist working in the US (Vyacheslav)
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Slava Vakarchuk
Sviatoslav "Slava" Vakarchuk ( uk, Святослав Іванович Вакарчук; born 14 May 1975) is a Ukrainian musician, politician and public activist. He is the lead vocalist of Okean Elzy, a rock music, rock band in Ukraine. Vakarc ...
(born 1975), Ukrainian musician, politician and activist (Svyatoslav)
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Slava Voynov
Vyacheslav Leonidovich "Slava" Voynov (russian: Вячесла́в Леони́дович Во́йнов; born 15 January 1990) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman for Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Voynov ...
(born 1990), Russian ice hockey player (Vyacheslav)
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Slava Zaitsev
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich "Slava" Zaitsev (russian: Вячеслав Михайлович Зайцев; born 2 March 1938) is a Russian fashion designer, painter, graphic artist and theatrical costume designer.
Early life
Zaitsev was born on 2 ...
(born 1938), Russian artist (Vyacheslav)
Slava is also a full given name, masculine and feminine:
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Slava Amiragov
Slava Lvovich Amiragov (russian: Слава Львович Амирагов, 24 March 1926 – 3 September 1990) was a Belarusian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 ...
(1926–1990), Russian rower
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Slava Grigoryan (born 1976), Australian musician
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Slava Marlow
Artyom Artyomovich Gotlib (born October 27, 1999, in Novosibirsk), better known as Slava Marlow, is a Russian rapper, music producer and YouTuber. He first gained popularity after producing music for Russian rap star Morgenshtern in 2019. Sin ...
(born 1999), Russian musician
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Slava Metreveli (1936–1998), Georgian football player and manager
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Slava Raškaj (1877–1906), Croatian painter
See also
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Slavica
Slavica may refer to:
People
* Slavica Ćukteraš
Slavica may refer to:
People
* Slavica Ćukteraš (born 1985), Serbian singer
* Slavica Đukić (born 1960), Serbian handball player
* Slavica Ecclestone (born 1958), Croatian fashion model
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, feminine diminutive form
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Slaven (given name),
Slavko Slavko () is a Slavic masculine given name. Notable holders of the name include:
Arts
* Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian musician
* Slavko Avsenik, Jr., Slovenian musician
* Slavko Brankov, Croatian actor
* Slavko Brill, Croatian Jewish sculptor
* Sla ...
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Slaviša
Slaviša () is a South Slavic masculine given name, an old Slavic origin given name derived from word "slav" - glory.
This name may refer to:
* Slaviša Čula, Serbian football player
* Slaviša Jokanović, Serbian football player
* Slaviša D ...
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