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Вадим
“to argue; to tame”
Вадим (Vadím) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Russian and Ukrainian.
Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Vadim.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Вадим goes back to a word meaning “to argue; to tame.”
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Where it comes from
Вадим comes from Old East Slavic, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Russian usage, Вадим is a diminutive of Вадимиръ.
Вадим’s family of names
In Russian usage, Вадим is a diminutive of Вадимиръ. In Russian usage, Вадим has a conventional equivalent in the German form Vadim. In Russian usage, Вадим has a transliteration in Vadim.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Вадим has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
7 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Вадим
- Vadim KrasnoselskyTransnistrian political figure (born 1970)
- Vadym PrystaikoUkrainian diplomatborn 1970
- Vadim AbdrashitovRussian film director (1945–2023)
- Vadim ShipachyovRussian ice hockey playerborn 1987
- Vadym GutzeitUkrainian fencer and politicianborn 1971
- Vadym YevtushenkoUkrainian footballerborn 1958
- Vadim Bakatinlast chairman of the KGB (1937–2022)
- Vadim YevseyevRussian footballerborn 1976
- Vadim MilovIsraeli-Swiss chess playerborn 1972
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