Vladimir (name)

For other uses, see Vladimir (disambiguation).

Vladimir

Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Slavic
Meaning	origin: of great power (modern Russian reinterpretations: ruler of the world/peace/People)
Other names
Alternative spelling	Włodzimierz, Volodymyr, Uladzimir, Vladimiro, Bladimir, Wladimir
Variant form(s)	Vladimira (f)
Related names	Valamir, Valdemar, Vladislav, Wladyslaw

Vladimir (Владимир, old spelling: Владимѣръ) is a male Slavic given name of Church Slavonic and Old Slavic origin, now widespread throughout all Slavic nations. It is also a common name in former Soviet non-Slavic countries where Christianity is practised, such as Armenia.

Etymology

Max Vasmer in his Etymological Dictionary of Russian Language explains the name as meaning "regal". Folk etymology interprets the meaning as "person of the people" or "the one with peace on one side". This confusion is introduced by other meanings of the Slavic word "Mir" or "Myr" – peace, people/community, and the world. There was no ambiguity prior to reforms of Russian orthography in 1918. The spelling of the two words was миръ (peace) and мiръ (the Universe), and the name was spelled the third way, Владимѣръ, of Gothic -mērs (great), meaning "Great in His Power" (compare: Theodemir, Valamir). but Russian speakers understood and understand the meaning as "The Master of The Universe".

• In Old Church Slavonic tradition, preserved in Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian and later borrowed into Slovenian, Croatian, the name is spelled Vladimir. In Czech and Slovak, the name is spelled Vladimír. In Polish the name is spelled Włodzimierz.

• In Old East Slavic tradition, preserved in Ukrainian, the name is spelled Volodimir, Volodimer, or more commonly as Volodymyr (Володимир).

• In Belarusian the name is spelled Uladzimir (Uładzimir, Уладзімір) or Uladzimier (Uładzimier, Уладзімер).

• In Germanic languages, the name is spelled Waldemar or Valdemar. ("wald": rule, "meri": famous)

• Romanian derivations are Vlad and Vlăduţ.

• In East Slavic languages, short versions of the name are Vova, Volodka, Volodya. In other West and South Slavic countries, other pet or boy versions are used: e.g., Vladi, Vlada, Vlado, Vladko, Vlatko, Vladik, Wladik, Wladek, Wlodik and Wlodek.

• In Latin-Romance languages such as Spanish, the version is "Bladimir".

People

Slavic

• Vladimir, Prince of Serbia 831–850
• Vladimir-Rasate, Knyaz of Bulgaria 889–893
• Vladimir the Great, Grand Prince of Kiev 980–1015
• Jovan Vladimir, Prince of Duklja 992–1016
• Vladimir Dolnik, Slovak ice hockey player
• Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Rus 1113–1125
• Vladimir III Mstislavich, Grand Prince of Rus
• Vladimir IV Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Rus
• Vladimir Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia (l. 1847–1909)
• Uladzimir Karatkievich, Belarusian writer
• Uładzimir Katkoŭski, Belarusian blogger
• Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian professional boxer
• Vladimir Lenin, founder of the USSR
• Vladimir Myshkin, Soviet ice hockey player
• Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born author
• Vladimir Petrović, current national football team coach of Serbia
• Vladimir Putin, current President of Russia
• Vladimir Radmanović, Serbian professional basketball player

• Wladimír Tsinguílev, brasileirista, journalist

Non-Slavic

• Vladimir Akopian, Armenian chess player
• Wladimir Balentien, Dutch baseball player
• Wladimir Belli, Italian cyclist
• Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
• Vladimir Koman, Hungarian football player
• Vladimir Núñez, Cuban baseball player
• Vladimir Padwa (1900–1981), American pianist, composer, and educator
• Vladimer Papava, Georgian economist
• Vladimir Farrell, Montserratian football player
• Vladimir Voronin, former President of Moldova

See also

• Włodzimierz (given name), a Polish variant
• Slavic names
• Valdemar

External links

• Behind the name Vladimir