Wenceslao
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- wen-ses-LAH-oh
- Origin
- Slavic
Wenceslao is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “greater glory”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Wenceslao mean?
Slavic: Spanish form of Wenceslaus, from Czech Vaclav
“greater glory”
Spanish form of Wenceslaus, the Latin form of Czech Vaclav; Saint Wenceslaus of Bohemia inspired the carol Good King Wenceslas.
Is Wenceslao a girl's or a boy's name?
Wenceslao is a boys' name.
How popular is Wenceslao in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1926.
Half of all the boys named Wenceslao in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wenceslao in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
Names like Wenceslao
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samuel, Alexander, Jeremiah, Alonzo, Joshua, Jesse, Antonio, Alejandro, Zachariah, Alessandro, Mauricio, Santiago
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Wenceslao: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wenceslao, updated 20 October 2026.