Wenceslaus
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Wenceslaus is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
- TZTanzania
- KEKenya
- MYMalaysia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
- USUnited States
- TZTanzania
- MYMalaysia
- INIndia
- KEKenya
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)
Wenceslaus is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Russian, var of Ventseslav.
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
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)
- Václav Hollarb. 1607DEnot in their usual nameCzech cartographer, painter of nature, portrait painter and engraver (1607-1677)
- Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karstenb. 1732DEmathematician (1732-1787)
- Klemens Wenzel von Metternichb. 1773DEnot in their usual nameAustrian diplomat, foreign minister and Chancellor (1773–1859)
- Wenzeslaus Blasius Mannb. 1799CZnot in their usual namelichenologist
- Wenceslaus Joseph Kinoldb. 1871DEbishop
- Jan W. Speergerb. 1895CZnot in their usual nameCzech actor and director (1895–1950)
- Václav Cyril Michaličkab. 1896USnot in their usual nameCzech-American Benedictine priest, Doctor of Canon Law
- Rudolf Beranb. 1943USnot in their usual nameAmerican statistician
- Wennie Van Lintb. 1948NLnot in their usual nameAustralian rules footballer
- Davy Pröpperb. 1991NLnot in their usual nameDutch association football player
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 9 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 288 | #2,300 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 95 | #8,274 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 31 | #594 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 13 | #581 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1928 | 11 | — |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 7 | #27,806 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1922 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1919 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1918 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1917 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1915 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1939 | 5 | — |
Reference works 2
- 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 Wenceslaus mean, and where does it come from?
- A male given name from the Slavic languages. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Wenceslaus a male or female name?
- Wenceslaus 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.
- What are other forms of the name Wenceslaus?
- In the etymology graph, Вячеслав, Vyacheslav and Václav are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Wenceslaus have the most bearers?
- Wenceslaus is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Wenceslaus?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wenceslausThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Wenceslaus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.