Sobieslaw
title: "Sobieslaw" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["slavic-masculine-given-names", "belarusian-masculine-given-names", "czech-masculine-given-names", "slovene-masculine-given-names", "polish-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names", "ukrainian-masculine-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/poland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobieslaw" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Sobiesław |
| gender | male |
| meaning | *sap ('to know') + *ḱléwos ('fame, glory') |
| origin | Proto-Indo-European |
| alternative spelling | Soběslav, Собѧславь |
| variant forms | Sobiesława (f), Soběslava (f), Собѧслава (f) |
| related names | Sobierad, Sobiemir, Sobiebor, Sophocles |
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| name = Sobiesław | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = male | meaning = *sap ('to know') + *ḱléwos ('fame, glory') | region = | language = | origin = Proto-Indo-European | alternative spelling = Soběslav, Собѧславь | nickname = | variant forms = Sobiesława (f), Soběslava (f), Собѧслава (f) | related names = Sobierad, Sobiemir, Sobiebor, Sophocles | name day = | derived = | footnotes = | wikt = Sobiesław, Soběslav or Sebeslav (Proto-Slavic: Sobęslavь, , , , ) is a very old Slavic given name, mostly common among the West Slavs. Because of folk etymology, it is popularly supposed to derive from sobie ("usurp, for me, myself") and sław ("glory, prestige"); however, it is actually derived from a Proto-Indo-European name meaning "wise-famous", cognate with Sophocles (roots *sap and *ḱléwos). The feminine form is Sobiesława, Soběslava, or Собѧслава (Sobęslava).
People with the name
- Soběslav (d. 1004), a brother of Saint Adalbert of Prague
- Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia
- Sobieslaw I, Duke of Pomerania
- Soběslav II, Duke of Bohemia
- Sobiesław Zasada, a Polish former rally driver
- Soběslav Pinkas, a 19th-century Czech painter
- Dominik Szoboszlai a Hungarian soccer player
References
References
- Adams, Douglas Q. ''Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture.'' Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997, p.390.
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