Given name
Volodymyr
Volodymyr is a masculine given name from Ukrainian, ultimately from Old East Slavic.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Volodymyr is a variant of Vladimir. A possible origin is Slavic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Volodymyr developed from Володимѣръ.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2023. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Volodymyr through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,227 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Volodymyr’s family of names
In English usage, Volodymyr shares an earlier linguistic root with Vladimir. Volodymyr has a related form in Vladimir. In English usage, Volodymyr developed from Володимѣръ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Volodymyr has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 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 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Володимирequivalent
- ভোলোদিমিরborrowing · Bengali
- Wolodymirequivalent
- Уладзімірequivalent
- Уладзімерequivalent
- Uładzimierequivalent
- Владимирequivalent
- Volodimirequivalent
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People named Volodymyr
- 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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