Boy · Old Slavic
Vsevolod
Say it: FSEH-voh-lot
Meaning
From Slavic vse 'all' and vladeti 'to rule'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A Rurikid princely name kept in use by the Russian intelligentsia.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 10 babies given this name since 2012
- At its height in 2019, about 1 in 357,100 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Всеволод
| Ukrainian | Vsevolod |
|---|---|
| Polish | Wszewołod |
Famous bearers
- Vsevolod the Big Nest, Grand Prince of Vladimir
- Vsevolod Meyerhold, theatre director
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Where this comes from
- Medieval Slavic chronicles and charters
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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