Appendix:Slovak given names

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The following names are present in the 2004 Slovak calendar. They represent only names common in Slovakia and not names from other Slavic Nations. The following etymological roots can be identified in the names by a modern Slovak language speaker:

  • blah, blaž – happiness, wealth, wellbeing
  • boh, bož – god, divine
  • bol – pain (this is most probably a misleading "folk-etymology", at least in what concerns the Boleslav name - the bole part here does not root from bol =pain, but from an old Slavic word bole meaning great or large - compare Russian bol'shoy)
  • bran – to defend, defender
  • bystr – clever, smart, swift
  • cti, čest – pride, honour
  • dan – to be given
  • dar – gift
  • dobr – good, kindness
  • drah – dear
  • duch, duš – soul, spirit
  • jar – spring, young, fresh
  • jelen – deer
  • kaz – to break, to destroy
  • kvet – flower
  • lad – beauty, accord
  • ľub – to love
  • ľud – people
  • mil – to love
  • mir, mír – world, peace
  • moj – me, mine, myself
  • rad – to be glad, to like
  • ruž – rose
  • slav – fame, to praise, to celebrate
  • stan – to become
  • svät – mighty, after the christanisation a word for saint was needed so now it means also holy, sacred, saint
  • svetl – light, to shine
  • tich – silence, quietness
  • vier – to believe, faith
  • vit, vít – lord, winner
  • víťaz – to win, winner
  • vlad – to rule, ruler
  • vlast – homeland, fatherland
  • vrat – to return
  • zlat – gold, golden
  • žal, žel – to mourn, sadness


Male and female

The male given name is followed by the short or diminutive form in parentheses, then by a corresponding female form (and short/diminutive), where applicable.

Mostly male

Female forms can be formed, but are very unusual or unused.

Mostly female

Male forms can be formed, but are very unusual or unused.

Further reading

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