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Vladimir

Vladimir

See also: Vladimír and Vladímir

English

Proper noun

Vladimir

A male given name popular throughout the history of Slavic countries and societies, but rare as a name of English-speaking persons.
A city in Russia, administrative centre of Vladimir oblast.

Translations

male given name

Arabic: فْلَادِيمِير m ‎(fladīmir)
Armenian: Վլադիմիր ‎(Vladimir)
Belarusian: Уладзі́мер m ‎(Uladzímjer)
Bulgarian: Владимир m ‎(Vladimir)
Catalan: Vladimir
Chinese:
Mandarin: 弗拉基米爾 (zh), 弗拉基米尔 (zh) ‎(Fúlājīmǐ'ěr)
Czech: Vladimír (cs) m
Dutch: Wladimir (nl)
Esperanto: Vladimiro (eo)
French: Vladimir (fr) m
Galician: Vladimir
Georgian: ვლადიმერ ‎(vladimer)
German: Wladimir (de) m
Greek: Βλαδίμηρος (el) m ‎(Vladímiros), Βλαντίμιρ m ‎(Vlantímir) (of Russians)
Hebrew: ולדימיר
Hindi: व्लादिमिर ‎(vlādimir)
Hungarian: Vladimír (hu)
Inuktitut: ᕝᓛᑎᒥᕐ ‎(vlaatimir)

Italian: Vladimiro (it)
Japanese: ウラジーミル ‎(Urajīmiru)
Korean: 블라디미르 (ko) ‎(Beulladimireu)
Latin: Vladimirus m
Latvian: Vladimirs
Lithuanian: Vladimiras
Macedonian: Владимир m ‎(Vladimir)
Marathi: व्लादिमिर m ‎(vlādimira)
Persian: ولادیمیر
Polish: Włodzimierz (pl) m, Władimir m (of Russians)
Portuguese: Vladimiro m, Vladimir m, Vladmir m
Romanian: Vladimir
Russian: Влади́мир (ru) m ‎(Vladímir)
Serbo-Croatian: Владимир m, Vladimir m
Slovak: Vladimír m
Slovene: Vladimir (sl) m
Spanish: Vladimiro (es) m, Vladímir m (of Russians)
Thai: วลาดีมีร์ ‎(wa-laa-dee-mee)
Ukrainian: Володи́мир m ‎(Volodýmyr)

Russian city

Arabic: فْلَادِيمِير m ‎(fladīmir)
Armenian: Վլադիմիր ‎(Vladimir)
Belarusian: Уладзі́мір m ‎(Uladzímir)
Bulgarian: Владимир m ‎(Vladimir)
Catalan: Vladimir
Chinese:
Mandarin: 弗拉基米爾 (zh), 弗拉基米尔 (zh) ‎(Fúlājīmǐ'ěr)
Czech: Vladimir m
Dutch: Vladimir (nl)
French: Vladimir (fr) m
Georgian: ვლადიმირი ‎(vladimiri)
German: Wladimir (de) n
Greek: Βλαντίμιρ m ‎(Vlantímir)
Hebrew: ולדימיר
Hindi: व्लादिमिर ‎(vlādimir)
Italian: Vladimir m
Japanese: ウラジーミル ‎(Urajīmiru)

Korean: 블라디미르 (ko) ‎(Beulladimireu)
Latin: Volodimiria f
Latvian: Vladimira
Lithuanian: Vladimiras
Macedonian: Владимир m ‎(Vladimir)
Marathi: व्लादिमिर n ‎(vlādimira)
Persian: ولادیمیر
Polish: Włodzimierz (pl) m
Portuguese: Vladimiro m
Romanian: Vladimir
Russian: Влади́мир (ru) m ‎(Vladímir)
Serbo-Croatian: Владимир m, Vladimir m
Slovak: Vladimír m
Slovene: Vladimir (sl) m
Spanish: Vladímir m
Thai: วลาดีมีร์ ‎(wa-laa-dee-mee)
Ukrainian: Влади́мир m ‎(Vladýmyr)

See also

transliterated Russian pet forms: Vlad, Volodya, Vova
Valdemar (Scandinavian)
Waldemar (German)
Valto (Finnish)

Etymology

From Russian Влади́мир ‎(Vladímir), a saint's name in the Russian Orthodox Church, from Old East Slavic Володимѣръ ‎(Volodiměrŭ), Old Church Slavonic Владимѣръ ‎(Vladiměrŭ), from владь ‎(vladĭ, “power”) (which is from Proto-Indo-European *wal ‎(“be strong”)) and мѣръ ‎(měrŭ, “great”), changed by folk etymology into миръ ‎(mirŭ, “peace”).

Pronunciation

(UK, Anglicised) IPA^(key): /ˈvlæd.ɪm.iə(ɹ)/