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Владимир
“great”
Владимир (Vladímir) is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Russian, Macedonian, and Pannonian Rusyn.
Azerbaijani and Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and Serbian and rskWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Vladimir.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Владимир goes back to Old Church Slavonic мѣръ, meaning “great.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Владимир has a related form in Vladimir. A possible origin is Slavic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Old Church Slavonic Владимѣръ, from Proto-Slavic *Voldiměrъ, from Old Church Slavonic мѣръ (“great”), built from Russian владеть (“to master, to possess”) + мир (“peace”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Владимир’s family of names
In Russian usage, Владимир has a short form in Владлен. In Russian usage, Владимир shares a linguistic root with the Lithuanian form VLADIMIRAS. In Azerbaijani usage, Владимир has a related form in Vladimir.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Владимир has relatives in 36 languages.
35 related names in 36 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 43
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Bladimirequivalent
- Vladequivalent
- ValdemarSwedish
- WaldemarGerman
- Volodymyrequivalent
- Wladimirborrowing · German
- Uladzimirequivalent
- Volodimirequivalent
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- Vladimerequivalent
- Mirchoequivalent
- Мирчоequivalent
- Ladoequivalent
- Włodzimirequivalent
- 弗拉基米爾Chinese
- Volotinenderivative · Finnish
- Vla-đi-miaborrowing · Vietnamese
- व्लादिमीरborrowing · Hindi
- Володимирcognate · Ukrainian
- WłodzimierzPolish
- Vladimiroderivative · Italian, Esperanto
- Vladimirascognate · Lithuanian
- Uładzimierequivalent
- Влади́мирhas masculine form
- Тимӗрккеcv
- Улатимӗрcv
- VladimírCzech, French
- ЛадемырOssetian
- УладысьBelarusian
- УладзімерBelarusian
- УладзімірBelarusian
- ウラジーミルJapanese
- व्लादिमिरHindi, Finnish
- WładimirPolish
- VladimirsLatvian
- VladimirusLatin
- 블라디미르Korean
- ולדימירHebrew
- ვლადიმერGeorgian
- ΒλαντίμιρGreek
- ΒλαδίμηροςGreek
- ՎլադիմիրArmenian
- فلاديميرArabic
- владимиръolder form · cu
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Владимир
- Vladimir PutinPresident of the Russian Federationborn 1952
- Vladimir Leninfounding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
- Vladimir NabokovRussian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)
- Vladimir MayakovskyRussian and Soviet poet (1893–1930)
- Vladimir VysotskySoviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)
- Vladimir the GreatGrand Prince of Kiev956–1015
- Patriarch Kirill of Moscowbishop, priest, eastern Orthodox priest, eastern Orthodox bishop, patriarchborn 1946
- Vladimir KramnikRussian chess grandmasterborn 1975
- Vladimir ZhirinovskyRussian politician (1946–2022)
Characters named Владимир: Vladimir Harkonnen (Dune).
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