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“glory to God”
Language contexts for this entry: German, Finnish
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01 / Meaning & origin
Bogislaus is a masculine given name documented in German and Finnish. It is a form of Bohuslav, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “glory to God”.
Meaning: “glory to God”
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Bogislaus— “God’s glory”
The divine word, in all the various nations, is Bog. It was used for God, both in the old heathen times, and afterwards in its full sense, when Christianity became known to them. It enters into numerous names, both before and after Christianity. The most noted is Bogislav, or God’s glory, which was borne by many a Pole and old Prussian; and, in 1627, it finished off the old Slavonic line of dukes of Pomerania, from whom that state came to the acquisitive house of Brandenburg.…
The divine word, in all the various nations, is Bog. It was used for God, both in the old heathen times, and afterwards in its full sense, when Christianity became known to them. It enters into numerous names, both before and after Christianity. The most noted is Bogislav, or God’s glory, which was borne by many a Pole and old Prussian; and, in 1627, it finished off the old Slavonic line of dukes of Pomerania, from whom that state came to the acquisitive house of Brandenburg. The historical Latinism of the name is Bogislaus; and it is still current in Illyria as Bogosav.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VII (Names From The Slavonic), Section II (Slavonian Mythology) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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