Sobieslaw

Not to be confused with the Czech town Soběslav.

Sobiesław, Soběslav or Sebeslav (Proto-Slavic: *Sobęslavь, Polish: Sobiesław, Czech: Soběslav, Slovene: Sebeslav, Church Slavonic: Собѧславь, romanized: Sobęslavǐ) is a very old Slavic given name, mostly common among the West Slavs. Because of folk etymology, it is popularly supposed to derive from sobie ("usurp, for me, myself") and sław ("glory, prestige"); however, it is actually derived from a Proto-Indo-European name meaning "wise-famous", cognate with Sophocles (roots *sap and *ḱléwos).^[1] The feminine form is Sobiesława, Soběslava, or Собѧслава (Sobęslava).

Sobiesław

Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Proto-Indo-European
Meaning	*sap ('to know') + *ḱléwos ('fame, glory')
Other names
Alternative spelling	Soběslav, Собѧславь
Variant form(s)	Sobiesława (f), Soběslava (f), Собѧслава (f)
Related names	Sobierad, Sobiemir, Sobiebor, Sophocles

People with the name

• Soběslav (d. 1004), a brother of Saint Adalbert of Prague
• Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia
• Sobieslaw I, Duke of Pomerania
• Soběslav II, Duke of Bohemia
• Sobiesław Zasada, a Polish former rally driver
• Soběslav Pinkas, a 19th-century Czech painter

See also

• Samborides, a Pomeranian dynasty