Bohuslav (given name)

Bohuslav
Pronunciation	Czech pronunciation: [ˈboɦuslaf]
Gender	male
Language(s)	Czech
Other names
Related names	Bogusław, Bogdan, Bogomil, Bohumil

Bohuslav (Czech pronunciation: [ˈboɦuslaf]) is a Czech masculine given name. The Polish form of the name is Bogusław.

The name is derived from the roots Bohu- ("Bůh", meaning "God" in Czech, but originally "fortune, chance") and -slav ("fame, glory").

Notable people with the name include:

Bohuslav Balbín (1621–1688), Czech writer and historian
Bohuslav Balcar (1943–2017), Czech mathematician
Bohuslav Beránek (1946–2007) Czech orienteering competitor
Bohuslav Braum (born 1956), Czech weightlifter
Bohuslav Brauner (1855–1935), Czech chemist
Bohuslav Bílejovský (c. 1480 – 1555), Czech historian and theologian
Bohuslav Ceplecha (1977–2012), Czech rally co-driver
Bohuslav Chňoupek (1925–2004), Czechoslovak politician, journalist and writer
Bohuslav, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin (1829–1896), Bohemian nobleman, landowner and diplomat
Bohuslav Diviš (1942–1976), Czech mathematician
Bohuslav Ebermann (born 1948), Czech ice hockey player
Bohuslav Ečer (1893–1954), Czechoslovak general and lawyer
Bohuslav Fiala (canoeist), Czechoslovak slalom canoeist
Bohuslav Fiala (general) (1890–1964), Czechoslovak brigadier general
Bohuslav Fuchs (1895–1972), Czech modernist architect
Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic (1461–1510), Bohemian nobleman and writer
Bohuslav Havránek (1893–1978), Czech philologist
Bohuslav Hostinský (1884–1951), Czech mathematician and theoretical physicist
Bohuslav Hykš, Czech tennis player
Bohuslav Karlík (1908–1996), Czech canoeist
Bohuslav Kirchmann, Czechoslovak fencer
Bohuslav Kokotek (1949–2016), Polish-Czech Lutheran clergyman and journalist
Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959), Czech composer of modern classical music
Bohuslav Matoušek (born 1949), Czech violinist
Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský (1684–1742), Czech composer and organist
Bohuslav Niemiec (born 1982), Czech politician
Bohuslav Pilný (born 1973), Czech football player and manager
Bohuslav Pospíchal, Czechoslovak slalom canoeist
Bohuslav Reynek (1892–1971), Czech poet, writer, painter and translator
Bohuslav Rylich (1934–2020), Czech basketball player
Bohuslav Schnirch (1845–1901), Czech sculptor and designer
Bohuslav Sobotka (born 1971), Czech politician, prime minister of the Czech Republic in 2014–2017
Bohuslav Svoboda (born 1944), Czech politician, mayor of Prague
Bohuslav Šťastný (born 1949), Czech ice hockey player

See also