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 ...

. 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: *

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) *

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) *

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) * Slava Fetisov (born 1958), Russian ice hockey player (Viacheslav) *

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 * Something relatin ...

(born 1976), Ukrainian television presenter (Vyacheslava) * Slava Gerovitch (born 1963), American historian of Russian science (Vyacheslav) *

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) * Slava KPSS (born 1990), Russian musician (Vyacheslav) *

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) *

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) *

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) *

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. ...

(born 1974), New York-based Russian artist and author (Yaroslav) *

Slava Polunin Vyacheslav Ivanovich “Slava” Polunin PARSlava 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. Career In 1996, Rychk ...

(born 1975), Russian-Italian-French physicist and mathematician (Vyacheslav) * Slava Stetsko (1920–2003), Ukrainian politician and World War II veteran (Yaroslava) * Slava Tsukerman (born 1940), Russian Jewish film director (Vladislav) *

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) *

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) *

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) *

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: *

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 * Slava Grigoryan (born 1976), Australian musician *

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 * Slava Metreveli (1936–1998), Georgian football player and manager * Slava Raškaj (1877–1906), Croatian painter

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