Given name · Ukrainian
Володимир
“great”
Володимир (Volodýmyr) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic. It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Old East Slavic Володимѣръ, built from Ukrainian волод + міра.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Володимир’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Володимир shares a linguistic root with the Russian form Владимир. In Ukrainian usage, Володимир has a conventional equivalent in the French form Vladimir. In Ukrainian usage, Володимир has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Włodzimierz.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Володимир has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- VladimirFrench
- Volodymyrequivalent
- Wolodymirequivalent
- Уладзімірequivalent
- Уладзімерequivalent
- Uładzimierequivalent
- Volodimirequivalent
- Uladzimirequivalent
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People named Володимир
- Volodymyr ZelenskyyPresident of Ukraine since 2019born 1978
- Wladimir KlitschkoUkrainian boxer (born 1976)
- Volodymyr GroysmanPrime Minister of Ukraine from 2016 to 2019born 1978
- Volodymyr VynnychenkoUkrainian writer, playwright, artist, political activist, revolutionary, politician, and statesman (1880–1951)
- Volodymyr ShcherbytskySoviet politician (1918-1990)
- Volodymyr VakulenkoUkrainian writer (1972–2022)
- Volodymyr BezsonovUkrainian footballerborn 1958
- Volodymyr HolubnychyUkrainian Race Walker (1936–2021)
- Vladimir KutsSoviet Ukrainian athletics competitor (1927–1975)
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