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{{Infobox given name
| name          = Rostyslav, Rostislav, Rościsław, Rastislav
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| gender        = male
| meaning       = ''rosti'' ("increase, grow") + ''sława/slava'' ("glory, fame")<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://imya.org.ua/names-m-r-rostislav.html|title = Значение имени Ростислав}}</ref>
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| origin        = [[Slavic names|Slavic]]
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| nickname      = Rostyk, Rostia, Rostek, Rastko, Rastio, Rasty, Rosty, Rostic, Rosko, Rostko, Rastík, Rasťo, Slava, Slavik, Rasti, Ross
| variant forms = Rostislava (f), Rościsława (f), Rastislava (f), Rostyslava (f)
| related names = Rościgniew,  Rostimir
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| footnotes     = http://imya.org.ua/names-m-r-rostislav.html
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'''Rastislav''' or '''Rostyslav''' is a male [[Slavic names|Slavic given name]], meaning "to increase glory". The name has been used by several notable people from Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, and Ukrainian backgrounds.
==Name Day==
*Czech: ''19 April''
*Slovene: ''10 March''
*Slovak: ''13 January''
*Polish: ''17 January''
*Ukrainian ''27 March''
==Derivatives and nicknames==
''Rostia'', ''Rostek'', ''Rastko'', ''Rastio'', ''Rasty'', ''Rosty'', ''Rostic'', ''Rosko'', ''Rostko'', ''Rastík'', ''Rasťo'', ''Slava'', ''Slavik'', ''Rasti'', ''Ross'', ''Rostyk''
*Old Slavonic, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian: ''Rastislav''
*Bulgarian, Russian: Ростислав (''Rostislav''), Czech: ''Rostislav''
*Ukrainian: ''Rostyslav''
*Belarusian: ''Rascislaŭ'' (roughly pronounced: ''Ras'''-''tsi''-''slaw'')
*Polish: ''Rościsław'' (roughly pronounced: ''Ros'''-''tsi''-''swav'')
==List of people with the given name Rostyslav, Rostislav or Rastislav==
===Royalty===
*[[Rastislav of Moravia]], second ruler of Great Moravia 846–870
*[[Rostyslav of Tmutarakan]] (d. 1066)
*[[Rostyslav Vsevolodovych]], Prince of Pereyaslavl 1078-1093
*[[Rostyslav I of Kyiv]], (Rostyslav Mstyslavych), Grand Prince of Kyiv from 1154&ndash;1167, with intervals
*[[Rostyslav II of Kyiv]], (Rostyslav Ryurikovich), Grand Prince of Kyiv from 1204&ndash;1206
*[[Rostyslav III of Kyiv]] (Rostyslav Mykhaylovych or Rostyslav of Slavonia), Grand Prince of Kyiv in 1239
*[[Saint Sava|Rastislav Nemanjić]] (''Rastko''), Grand Prince of Hum 1190-1192, Serb Archbishop 1217-1235
*[[Rastislalić]] family, 14th-century Serbian noble family
*[[Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich of Russia]] (1902-1978)
===Others===
*[[Rastislav (Gont)|Rastislav]] (born 1978), Eastern Orthodox bishop
*[[Rastislav Beličák]], Slovak footballer
*[[Rostislav Čtvrtlík]], Czech actor
*[[Rostislav Goldshteyn]], Russian politician
*[[Rastislav Kužel]], Slovak sprint canoeist
*[[Rastislav Michalík]], Slovak footballer
*[[Rastislav Staňa]], Slovak professional ice hockey goaltender
*[[Rastislav Špirko]], Slovak hockey player
*[[Rastislav Dej]], Slovak hockey player
*[[Milan Rastislav Štefánik]] (1880–1919), Slovak politician, diplomat, and astronomer
*[[Rostislav Olesz]] (born 1985), Czech hockey player
*[[Rastko Petrović]] (1898–1949), Serbian poet and writer
*[[Rostislav Shilo]] (1940–2016), Russian zoo director
*[[Rostislav Stratimirovic]] (1683–1688), Bulgarian rebel leader
*[[Rastislav Trtík]] (1961–2024), Czech handball player and coach
*[[Rostislav Vojáček]] (born 1949), Czech footballer
*[[Rościsław Żerelik]] (born 1956), Polish historian
== References ==
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[[Category:Belarusian masculine given names]]
[[Category:Bulgarian masculine given names]]
[[Category:Czech masculine given names]]
[[Category:Slovak masculine given names]]
[[Category:Polish masculine given names]]
[[Category:Masculine given names]]
[[Category:Russian masculine given names]]
[[Category:Ukrainian masculine given names]]
[[Category:Slovene masculine given names]]
[[Category:Croatian masculine given names]]
[[Category:Slavic masculine given names]]