Vladimir

Used in: 1 country

Origin: East

From Russian Владимир (Vladimir), as well as from other Slavic cognates, and reinforced by Medieval Latin Vladimirus, name of several saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church, from Old East Slavic Володимѣръ (Volodiměrŭ), Old Church Slavonic Владимѣръ (Vladiměrŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Voldiměrъ (which see for more), equivalent to владь (vladĭ, “power”) (which is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“be strong”)) and мѣръ (měrŭ, “great”), changed by folk etymology into миръ (mirŭ, “peace”). Compare Waldemar.

Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)

Name Variants & Related

Vladimirov Derived from Vladimir
Vladimiros Derived from Vladimir
Vladimirova Derived from Vladimir
Vladimiroff Derived from Vladimir
Vladimirtsev Derived from Vladimir
Vladimirenko Derived from Vladimir
Vladimirescu Derived from Vladimir
Vladimirovna Derived from Vladimir
Vladi Root name
Kiev East origin

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Vladimir

Rank #69942

Frequency 7 people

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