Last name origin & meaning: Czech: from a pet form of the personal name Václav, Old
Czech Vęceslav (cognate with Polish Więcesław,
Latinized as Wenceslas). It is composed of the Old Slavic
elements viece ‘greater’ + slav ‘glory’. It was borne by
a 10th-century duke of Bohemia who fought against a revival of
paganism in his territory, and after his death became patron saint of
Bohemia.
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