Given name & surname
Vladimír
“reign”·“peace”
Vladimír is a masculine given name. It is used in Czech and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vladimír is built from elements meaning “reign” and “peace”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Vladimír’s family of names
In Czech usage, Vladimír has a diminutive in Vladimírek. Vladimír shares a linguistic root with Vladimir. In Czech usage, Vladimír has a conventional equivalent in the German form Waldemar.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Vladimír has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
9 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 21
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Vladimír
- Vladimír DaridaCzech footballerborn 1990
- Vladimír MečiarPrime Minister of Slovakia (1990–1991; 1992–1994; 1994–1998)born 1942
- Vladimír WeissSlovak association football player (1989-)
- Vladimír ŠmicerCzech association football playerborn 1973
- Vladimír ŠpidlaCzech politicianborn 1951
- Vladimír CoufalCzech association football playerborn 1992
- Vladimír RemekCzech ambassador, astronaut and pilotborn 1948
- Vladimír WeissSlovak footballer (born 1964)
- Vladimir NazorCroatian writer and politician (1876-1949)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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