Ladislav

For other uses, see Ladislaus (disambiguation).

Ladislav is a name of Slavic origin and a variant of the name Vladislav, likewise meaning “one who commands (vlad-) glory (slav)”, i.e., “glorious”. The name is popular among all Slavic nations as well as some neighboring non-Slavic countries. The female form of this name is Ladislava.

Folk etymology occasionally links Ladislav with the Slavic goddess Lada.

Spellings and variations

In Bulgarian and Russian this name is spelled in Cyrillic: Ладислав.

László is a Hungarian variation of this name.

Notable athletes with this name

• Ladislav Beneš, Czechoslovak Olympic handball player
• Ladislav Benýšek, Czech ice hockey player
• Ladislav Čepčianský, Czechoslovak sprint canoer
• Ladislav Dluhoš, Czechoslovak ski jumper
• Ladislav Hecht, Czechoslovak/American tennis player
• Ladislav Jurkemik, Czechoslovak/Slovak footballer and manager
• Ladislav Kačáni, Czechoslovak footballer and coach
• Ladislav Kohn, Czech ice hockey player
• Ladislav Kuna, Czechoslovak footballer
• Ladislav Lubina, Czechoslovak ice hockey player and coach
• Ladislav Maier, Czech footballer
• Ladislav Nagy, Slovak ice hockey player
• Ladislav Novák, Czechoslovak footballer
• Ladislav Pataki, Czechoslovak/American coach and sports scientist
• Ladislav Pavlovič, Czechoslovak footballer
• Ladislav Petráš, Czechoslovak footballer
• Ladislav Prášil, Czech shot putter
• Ladislav Rybánsky, Slovak footballer
• Ladislav Rygl, Jr., Czech Nordic combined Olympic skier
• Ladislav Rygl, Sr., Czechoslovak Nordic combined Olympic skier
• Ladislav Ščurko, Slovak ice hockey player and confessed murderer
• Ladislav Šimůnek, Czechoslovak footballer
• Ladislav Škorpil, Czech football manager
• Ladislav Šmíd, Czech ice hockey player
• Ladislav Švanda, Czech Olympic cross country skier
• Ladislav Troják, Czechoslovak ice hockey player
• Ladislav Trpkoš, Czechoslovak Olympic basketball player
• Ladislav Vácha, Czechoslovak Olympic gymnast
• Ladislav Vízek, Czechoslovak footballer
• Ladislav Volešák, Czech footballer

Notable writers, artists, and academics with this name

• Ladislav Brožek, Slovak astronomer
• Ladislav František Čelakovský, Czech mycologist and botanist
• Ladislav Josef Čelakovský, Czech botanist
• Ladislav Fialka, Czechoslovak mime
• Ladislav Fuks, Czechoslovak novelist
• Ladislav "Ladi" Geisler, Czechoslovak musician
• Ladislav Klíma, Czech philosopher and novelist
• Ladislav Kralj, Croatian painter and engraver
• Ladislav Kubík, Czechoslovak/American composer
• Ladislav Kupkovič, Czechoslovak composer and conductor
• Ladislav Miko, Czech politician and expert on environmental issues
• Ladislav Mňačko, Czechoslovak writer and journalist
• Ladislav Mráz, Czechoslovak opera singer
• Ladislav Mucina, Slovak botanist, ecologist, and vegetation expert
• Ladislav Nádaši-Jégé, Slovak writer, literary critic, and doctor
• Ladislav Šaloun, Czechoslovak sculptor
• Ladislav Slovák, Czechoslovak conductor
• Ladislav Smoček, Czech playwright and theater director
• Ladislav Smoljak, Czechoslovak film and theater director
• Ladislav Stroupežnický, Austro-Hungarian/Czech author, playwright, and director
• Ladislav Vycpálek, Czechoslovak composer and violinist
• Ladislav Zgusta, Czechoslovak linguist, historian and theorist of lexicography

Notable others with this name

• Ladislav Adamec, Czechoslovak Prime Minister, Communist politician
• Ladislav Hudec, Austro-Hungarian/Slovak architect
• Ladislav Pejačević, Ban of Croatia
• Ladislav Prokeš, Czechoslovak chess master and composer of endgame studies
• Ladislav Žák, Czechoslovak architect and painter
• Włodzisław, Duke of Lendians

See also

• Ladislao
• Ladislaus (disambiguation)
• László
• Volodyslav - Ukrainian spelling of Володислав - Владислав
• Vladislav
• Slavic names