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First name origin & meaning:

Slavic: Wreath; glory

First name variations: Wazlaw, Vaclav, Venceslas, Vyacheslav, Vencel

Last name origin & meaning:

German: from the personal name Wenzel, a pet form (with the German diminutive suffix -el) of the Middle High German personal name Wenze, a borrowing from Slavic representing a short form of the Old Czech personal name Vęceslav (see Vacek; the borrowing took place before Czech lost its nasal vowels).

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