Ladislav
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LAH-dee-slahf
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Ladislav is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “glorious ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Ladislav mean?
Slavic: Czech and Slovene form of Vladislav
“glorious ruler”
From Slavic vladi 'rule' + slava 'glory'; Saint Ladislaus was an 11th-century king of Hungary.
Is Ladislav a girl's or a boy's name?
Ladislav is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ladislav in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Ladislav, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ladislav in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Ladislav in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
Names like Ladislav
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leo, Lucas, Louie, Luca, Logan, Elijah, Gabriel, Aarav, Lorenzo, Harrison, Archie, Noah
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ladislav: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ladislav, updated 20 October 2026.