The first name Vyacheslav
A boy’s name.
3 syllables Male
Meaning and origin
Transliteration of Russian Вячесла́в (Vjačesláv). Cognate with English Wenceslaus.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Vyacheslav at birth, 1880–2025
In 2013, 5 boys born in the United States were named Vyacheslav, the 13,957th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2012, when 6 were.
16
babies named Vyacheslav since 1880
#13,957
rank in 2013
2012
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Vyacheslav
9 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Vyacheslav VolodinChairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russian Federation, born 1964
- Vyacheslav GlazkovBoxer, born 1984
- Vyacheslav LemeshevBoxer (1952–1996)
- Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lebedev1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Russia (1943—2024)
- Vyacheslav ChukanovEquestrian, born 1952
- Vyacheslav KhryninBasketball player (1937–2021)
- Vyacheslav Yaroslavich(1036-1057)
- Vyacheslav LychkinAssociation football player from Azerbaijan, born 1973
- Vyacheslav KaminskyAssociation football player, born 1988
Questions
- What does the name Vyacheslav mean?
- Transliteration of Russian Вячесла́в (Vjačesláv). Cognate with English Wenceslaus.
- When was Vyacheslav most popular?
- 2012 in the United States, when 6 babies were named Vyacheslav, its highest rank at 12,195th.