Rostislav
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| meaning = rosti ("increase, grow") + sława/slava ("glory, fame")
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Rostislav is a male Slavic given name, meaning "to increase glory".{{cn|date=June 2025}}
Name Day
- Czech: 19 April{{cn|date=June 2025}}
- Slovene: 10 March{{cn|date=June 2025}}
- Slovak: 13 January{{cn|date=June 2025}}
- Polish: 17 January{{cn|date=June 2025}}
- Ukrainian: 27 March{{cn|date=June 2025}}
In various languages
People
=Royalty=
- Rostislav of Tmutarakan (d. 1066)
- Rostislav Vsevolodovich, Prince of Pereyaslavl from 1078-1093
- Rostislav I of Kiev, Grand Prince of Kiev from 1154–1167, with intervals
- Rostislav II of Kiev, Grand Prince of Kiev from 1204–1206
- Rostislav III of Kiev, Grand Prince of Kiev in 1239
- Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich of Russia (1902–1978)
- Prince Rostislav Romanov, multiple persons
=Others=
- Rostislav Čtvrtlík, Czech actor
- Rostislav Goldshteyn, Russian politician
- Rostislav Olesz (born 1985), Czech hockey player
- Rostislav Shilo (1940–2016), Russian zoo director
- Rostislav Stratimirovich (1683–1688), Bulgarian rebel leader
- Rostislav Vojáček (born 1949), Czech footballer
See also
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- Rastko