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Around the world, Boleslav (Болеслав , Boleslav ) is quite a rare boy's given name. The first name Boleslav is characteristic of Czechia, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Eastern Europe, particularly Ukraine, Russia, and Czechia. Very seldom, Boleslav is the last name as well as the forename.
Boleslav is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Boleslav Chaplinsky , the operatic character in the opera Pan Voyevoda by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; a young nobleman.