Vladislav
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Russian: "to rule gloriously"
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Vladislav is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 57th most common given name.
- RURussia≈1 in 229as Владислав(inferred from the name graph)
- UAUkraine≈1 in 248as Владислав
- BYBelarus≈1 in 362as Владислав
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Vladislav itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Russia (inferred from the name graph)
- #199 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 247 (measured from records)
- 1 in 215 (inferred from the name graph)
≈620,000 named Владислав, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Moldova
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Владислав in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 1 more and Vladyslav in PL Poland.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
"to rule gloriously."
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
How Vladislav is read(measured from records)
Vladislav is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Russian49%
"to rule gloriously."
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
- English10%
A transliteration of the Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, Russian, or Ukrainian male given name Владисла́в (Vladisláv).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Vladislav counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | #57 | ≈620,000 est. | ≈1 in 229 | #34 | Владислав | 247 |
| UA Ukraine | #53 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 248 | listed | Владислав | 144 |
| PL Poland | #775 | 64,365as Władysław | 1 in 595 | 67K | Vladyslav | 91 |
| BY Belarus | #66 | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 362 | 16 | Владислав | 62 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | #104 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | 27K | Владислав | 69 |
| MD Moldova | #69 | 15,619 | 1 in 215 | 16K | Vladislav | 43 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Bureau of National Statistics — birth registrations; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); e-services.md — living population register; Universal Dependencies Belarusian-HSE Corpus — Person Names (UD_Belarusian-HSE). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Vladislav is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swedish, Se Laszlo.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Czech form of W ADYS AW . Variant: Ladislav. Feminine forms: Vladislava, Ladislava .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Władysław I the Elbow-highb. 1260PLnot in their usual nameKing of Poland (1260-1333)
- Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungaryb. 1456HUnot in their usual nameKing of Bohemia and Hungary
- Władysław IV Vasab. 1595PLnot in their usual nameKing of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1595-1648)
- Casimir Pulaskib. 1745USnot in their usual namePolish nobleman, general in the American Revolutionary War
- Władysław Reymontb. 1867PLnot in their usual namePolish novelist (1867-1925)
- Władysław Sikorskib. 1881PLnot in their usual namePolish military and political leader (1881-1943)
- Władysław Andersb. 1892PLnot in their usual namePolish general, politician and national hero (1892–1970)
- Władysław Gomułkab. 1905PLnot in their usual namePolish politician (1905-1982)
- Władysław Szpilmanb. 1911PLnot in their usual name(1911-2000) Polish pianist, composer, Holocaust survivor
- Władysław Bartoszewskib. 1922PLnot in their usual namePolish politician and activist (1922–2015)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 54 sources across 29 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD Moldova | e-services.md — living population register | — | 16K | #78 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 2.4K | #317 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2.3K | #316 |
| PL Poland | Ministry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present) | 2025 | 5 | — |
| PL Poland | Ministry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present) | 2026 | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Vladislav mean, and where does it come from?
- "to rule gloriously." Recorded by A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996).
- In which country does Vladislav have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 619 thousand people named Владислав in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Vladislav most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Vladislav is densest in Moldova — about 1 in 215 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.
- What are other forms of the name Vladislav?
- In the etymology graph, Vladyslav, Ladislao and Ladislav are forms of the same name in other languages; Vlad, Slava and Vlado are recorded short or pet forms.
- Is Vladislav a male or female name?
- Vladislav is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Vladislav?
- In Moldova, the national register counted 15,619 people named Vladislav, about 1 in 215 residents.
- How common is Vladislav compared with other names?
- In Russia, Vladislav is the 57th most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Vladislav” — the 57th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.