Waldemar
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| Gender | masculine |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Germanic |
| Meaning | "power"+"fame"; "powerful and famous", "brightness"+"fame"; "bright and famous" |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Valdemar, Waldomar, Waldek |
| Variant form(s) | Valdamarr, Valdemārs, Voldemārs, Valdis, Voldemar, Woldemar |
| Related names | Vladimir Volodymyr |
| See also | Robert (name with a similar meaning) |
Waldemar, Valdemar or Woldemar is an Old High German given name. It consists of the elements wald- "power", "brightness" and -mar "fame".
The name is considered the equivalent of the Slavic name Vladimir, Volodymyr, Uladzimir or Włodzimierz.
The Old Norse form Valdamarr (also Valdarr) occurs in the Guðrúnarkviða II as the name of a king of the Danes. The Old Norse form is also used in Heimskringla, in the story of Harald Hardrada, as the name of a ruler of Holmgard (Veliky Novgorod), in this case as a translation of the Slavic name Volodimer.[1][2] The Fagrskinna kings' sagas also have Valdamarr as the translation of Slavic Volodimer/Vladimir, in reference to both Vladimir the Great and Vladimir Yaroslavovich. The German form was introduced to Scandinavia as Valdemar in the 12th century, with king Valdemar I of Denmark.
People with the name
Royalty
- Valdemar I of Denmark or Waldemar the Great (1131–1182), King of Denmark, one of the principal commanders of the Battle of Verchen and Battle of Grathe Heath
- Valdemar II of Denmark or Waldemar the Victorious (1170–1241), King of Denmark, one of the principal commanders of the Livonian Crusade
- Valdemar the Young (1209–1231)
- Valdemar III of Denmark (1314–1364)
- Waldemar I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (died 1368)
- Waldemar II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (died 1371)
- Valdemar IV of Denmark or Waldemar Otherday (c. 1320–1375)
- Waldemar III, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (died 1391)
- Valdemar, King of Sweden (1239–1302)
- Valdemar, Duke of Finland (c. 1282 – 1318)
- Valdemar of Denmark (bishop) (1157/1158–1235 or 1236)
- Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858–1939)
- Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal or Waldemar the Great (c.1280–1319)
- Prince Joachim Friedrich Ernst Waldemar of Prussia (1868–1879), son of Emperor Frederick III
- Prince Waldemar William Louis Frederick Victor of Prussia (1889–1945), son of Prince Henry and nephew of the previous
- Prince Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe (1940–2020), son of Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Feodora of Denmark, and the great-grandson of King Frederick VIII of Denmark
- Woldemar, Prince of Lippe (1824–1895)
Others
A–F
- Waldemar Ager (1869–1941), Norwegian-American newspaperman and author
- Woldemar Bargiel (1828–1897), German composer
- Waldemar Bastos (1954–2020), Angolan musician
- Waldemar Baszanowski (1935–2011), Polish weightlifter
- Waldemar Bonsels (1880–1952), German writer
- Waldemar Caerel Hunter (1919–1968), Indonesian actor
- Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (geologist) (1851–1940), Norwegian geologist
- Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (writer) (1911–1991), Norwegian writer
- Valdemar Costa Neto (born 1949), Brazilian politician
- Waldemar Cierpinski (born 1950), East German athlete
- Waldemar Erfurth (1879–1971), German general
G–N
- Waldemar Haffkine (1860–1930), Ukrainian bacteriologist
- Woldemar Hägglund (1893–1963), Finnish major General during World War II, one of the principal commanders of the Battle of Kollaa
- Waldemar Hansteen (1857–1921), Norwegian architect
- Waldemar Hoven (1903–1948), German Nazi physician involved in Nazi euthanasia programs, executed for war crimes
- Waldemar Hvoslef (1825–1906), Norwegian Lutheran bishop.
- Waldemar Januszczak (born 1956), British art critic
- Woldemar Kernig (1840–1917), Russian and Baltic German internist and neurologist whose medical discoveries saved thousands of people with meningitis
- Waldemar Klingelhöfer (1900–1980), German Nazi SS-Sturmbannführer (Major) and convicted war criminal
- Waldemar Kophamel (1880–1934), German U-boat commanding officer in the Imperial German Navy during World War I
- Waldemar Legień (born 1963), Polish judoka
- Waldemar Lemos (born 1954), Brazilian football (soccer) manager
- Waldemar Levy Cardoso (1900–2009), field marshal of the Brazilian Army
- Waldemar Lindgren (1860–1939), Swedish-American geologist, one of the founders of modern economic geology
- Woldemar von Löwendal (1700–1755), German military officer and one of the principal commanders of the Battle of Fontenoy
- Waldemar Łysiak (born 1944), Polish writer
- Waldemar Maciszewski (1927–1956), Polish pianist and composer
- Waldemar Matuška (1932–2009), Czechoslovak singer
- Waldemar Milewicz (1956–2004), Polish journalist
N–Z
- Waldemar Olszewski (born 1931), Polish lymphologist
- Waldemar Pabst (1880–1970), German soldier and political activist, one of the principal commanders of the German Revolution of 1918–1919
- Waldemar Pawlak (born 1959), Polish politician
- Valdemar Poulsen (1869–1942), Danish inventor
- Waldemar Prusik (born 1961), Polish footballer
- Waldemar Sorychta (born 1967), German heavy metal musician and record producer
- Waldemar Starosta (born 1961), Polish politician
- Waldemar Thrane (1790–1828), Norwegian composer, violinist and conductor
- Waldemar Verner (1914–1982), chief of the People's Navy (Volksmarine) of the National People's Army of the German Democratic Republic
- Waldemar Victorino (born 1952), Uruguayan football player
- Woldemar Voigt (1850–1919), German physician
- Waldemar Caerel Hunter (1919–1968), Indonesian actor
- Waldemar Witkowski (born 1953), Polish politician
- Waldemar Wilenius (1868–1940), Finnish architect
- Waldemar Young (1878–1938), American screenwriter
See also
References
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