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Vladimir

Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene

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Meaning & History

From the Old Slavic name *Voldiměrŭ, derived from the elements volděti meaning "to rule" and měrŭ meaning "great, famous". The second element has also been associated with mirŭ meaning "peace, world".

This was the name of a 9th-century ruler of Bulgaria. It was also borne by an 11th-century grand prince of Kyiv, Vladimir the Great, who is venerated as a saint because of his efforts to Christianize his realm. Other notable bearers include the revolutionary and first leader of the Soviet state Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), the Russian author Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), and the Russian president and prime minister Vladimir Putin (1952-).

Related Names

Diminutives (Russian): Volodya, Vova
(Serbian): Vlada
(Slovene): Vlado
Feminine Forms (Slovene): Vladimira
Other Languages & Cultures (Belarusian): Uladzimir
(Slovak): Vladimír
(Georgian): Vladimer, Lado
(Latvian): Vladimirs
(Lithuanian): Vladimiras, Vladas
(Old Slavic): Voldiměrŭ
(Polish): Włodzimierz, Włodek
(Slovak): Vlado
(Ukrainian): Volodymyr, Wolodymyr, Volodya
Same Spelling Vladimír

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