# Ladislaus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ladislaus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “power”, “glory” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 212 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 212 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Ladislaus, Latinization of a Slavic royal name *Voldislavъ, from the elements Proto-Slavic *voldь (“power”) (see *volděti) and Proto-Slavic *slava (“glory”). Doublet of Laszlo and Vladislav.

## What it means

Ladislaus is grouped under famous and strong.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 22 | 1,486 |
| 1916 | 15 | 2,003 |
| 1917 | 10 | 2,643 |
| 1918 | 12 | 2,471 |
| 1919 | 12 | 2,436 |
| 1920 | 10 | 2,872 |
| 1921 | 15 | 2,215 |
| 1922 | 13 | 2,418 |
| 1923 | 16 | 2,076 |
| 1924 | 15 | 2,172 |
| 1925 | 8 | 3,278 |
| 1926 | 5 | 4,532 |
| 1927 | 10 | 2,816 |
| 1928 | 6 | 3,944 |
| 1934 | 5 | 3,960 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Վլադիսլավ
- Bulgarian: Владислав
- Czech: Ladislav, Vladislav
- French: Ladislas
- Hungarian: László
- Italian: Ladislao
- Latin: Vladislaus
- Latvian: Vladislavs
- Polish: Władysław, Włodzisław
- Portuguese: Ladislau
- Romanian: Ladislau
- Russian: Владисла́в
- Slovak: Vladislav
- Slovene: Vladislav
- Spanish: Ladislao
- Ukrainian: Владисла́в

## People named Ladislaus

- Ladislaus Weinek, Austro-Hungarian astronomer (1848-1913)
- Ladislaus Kurpiel, Austrian footballer (1883-1930)
- Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, British Army general (1868-1927)
- Roderich Mojsisovics von Mojsvár, Austrian composer and conductor (1877–1953)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.