Gender | masculine |
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Origin | |
Language(s) | Slavic |
Meaning | "eager glory" |
Region of origin | Slavic Europe |
Other names | |
Short form(s) | Radan, Radek, Radič |
Derived | rad- ("happy, eager, to care") and slava ("glory, fame") |
Related names | Radosław, Radosav, Radič, Radu |
Radoslav (Cyrillic: Радослав) is a common Slavic masculine given name, derived from rad- ("happy, eager, to care") and slava ("glory, fame"), both very common in Slavic dithematic names. It roughly means "eager glory". It is known since the Middle Ages.[1] The earliest known Radoslav was a 9th-century Serbian ruler. It may refer to: