Given name
Włodzimierz
“ruler of peace”
Włodzimierz is used as a given name. Włodzimierz is connected with Vl.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Włodzimierz goes back to a word meaning “ruler of peace.”
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How it developed
In Polish use, Włodzimierz is used as a form of Vl.
Włodzimierz’s family of names
In Polish usage, Włodzimierz has a diminutive in Włodek. Włodzimierz shares a linguistic root with Vladimir. In Polish usage, Włodzimierz has a conventional equivalent in the German form WLADIMIR.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Włodzimierz has relatives in 17 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 22
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Vladimircognate · English, French
- Vladequivalent
- Waldemardoublet · Polish
- WladimirGerman
- 弗拉基米爾Chinese
- ВладимирRussian, Bulgarian
- Vladimirascognate · Lithuanian
- VladimírCzech, Hungarian
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See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Włodzimierz
- Włodzimierz LubańskiPolish footballerborn 1947
- Włodzimierz SmolarekPolish footballer (1957-2012)
- Włodzimierz CimoszewiczPolish politician, former Prime Minister of Polandborn 1950
- Włodzimierz CiołekPolish footballerborn 1956
- Włodzimierz SpasowiczPolish-Russian lawyer1829–1906
- Włodzimierz ZawadzkiPolish sport wrestlerborn 1967
- Włodzimierz MazurPolish footballer (1954–1988)
- Włodzimierz CzackiPolish cardinal and apostolic nuncio (1834–1888)
- Włodzimierz CzarzastyPolish politician (born 1960)
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