# Rostislav (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rostislav/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Russian and Ukrainian Ростислав (Rostyslav)

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | 13,654 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |

## People named Rostislav

- Rostislav Mikhailovich, Duke of Macsó, from after 1247 until 1262
- Rostislav Václavíček, Czech soccer player (1946–2022)
- Rostislav Olesz, Czech ice hockey player
- Rostislav Zakharov, ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, ballet and opera director (1907–1984)
- Rostislav Stratimirovic, Bulgarian rebel leader
- Rostislav Vojáček, Czech footballer
- Rostislav Dimitrov, Bulgarian athletics competitor (born 1974)
- Rostislav Klesla, Czech ice hockey player
- Vitaly, Eastern Orthodox metropolitan (1910-2006)

## 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.