Vladimir

See also: Vladimír and Vladímir

English

Etymology

From Russian Влади́мир (Vladímir) 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.

Pronunciation

• (UK, Anglicised) IPA^(key): /ˈvlæ.dɪ.miə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Vladimir

1. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Влади́мир (Vladímir), popular throughout the history of Slavic countries and societies.
2. A male given name from Russian, but rare as a name of English-speaking persons.
3. A city, the administrative centre of Vladimir Oblast, Russia.
4. An oblast of Russia.

Related terms

• transliterated Russian pet forms: Volodya, Vova
• English pet form: Vlad, Vlady

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: فْلَادِيمِير m (fladīmir)
• Armenian: Վլադիմիր (Vladimir)
• Belarusian: Уладзі́мер m (Uladzímjer)
• Bengali: ভ্লাদিমির (bn) (bhladimir)
• Bulgarian: Владими́р m (Vladimír)
• Catalan: Vladimir
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 弗拉基米爾 / 弗拉基米尔 (zh) (Fúlājīmǐ'ěr)

• Chuvash: Улатимӗр (Ulat̬imĕr)
• Czech: Vladimír (cs) m
• Danish: Vladimir
• Dutch: Wladimir (nl) m
• Esperanto: Vladimiro (eo)
• Finnish: Vladimir (fi)
• French: Vladimir (fr) m
• Galician: Vladimir
• Georgian: ვლადიმირი (vladimiri), ვლადიმერი (vladimeri)
• German: Wladimir (de) m
• Greek: Βλαδίμηρος (el) m (Vladímiros), Βλαντίμιρ (el) m (Vlantímir) (of Russians)

  Ancient Greek: Βαλδίμερ m (Baldímer)

• Hebrew: ולדימיר m (vladímir)
• Hindi: व्लादिमिर m (vlādimir)
• Hungarian: Vladimír (hu), Vlagyimir (hu)
• Inuktitut: ᕝᓛᑎᒥᕐ (vlaatimir)
• Italian: Vladimiro (it)
• Japanese: ウラジーミル (Urajīmiru), ヴラジーミル (Vurajīmiru)
• Kazakh: Владимир (Vladimir)
• Korean: 블라디미르 (ko) (Beulladimireu), 울라지미르 (ko) (Ullajimireu)
• Kyrgyz: Владимир (Vladimir)
• Latin: Vladimirus m, Baldimer m
• Latvian: Vladimirs
• Lithuanian: Vladimiras
• Macedonian: Владимир m (Vladimir)
• Marathi: व्लादिमिर m (vlādimir)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Владимѣръ m (Vladiměrŭ)

• Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ m (Volodiměrŭ)
• Old Norse: Valdamarr m
• Persian: ولادیمیر (velâdimir)
• Polish: Włodzimierz (pl) m, Władimir m (of Russians)
• Portuguese: Vladimiro m, Vladimir m, Vladmir m
• Romanian: Vladimir m
• Russian: Влади́мир (ru) m (Vladímir)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Владимир m

  Roman: Vladimir m

• Slovak: Vladimír m
• Slovene: Vladimir (sl) m
• Spanish: Vladimiro (es) m, Vladímir m (of Russians)
• Thai: วลาดีมีร์ (wá-laa-dii-mii)
• Ukrainian: Володи́мир (uk) m (Volodýmyr)
• Yiddish: וולאַדימיר (vladimir)

Russian city

• Arabic: فْلَادِيمِير m (fladīmir)
• Armenian: Վլադիմիր (Vladimir)
• Belarusian: Уладзі́мір m (Uladzímir)
• Bulgarian: Влади́мир m (Vladímir)
• Catalan: Vladimir
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 弗拉基米爾 / 弗拉基米尔 (zh) (Fúlājīmǐ'ěr)

• Czech: Vladimir m
• Danish: Vladimir
• Dutch: Vladimir (nl)
• Finnish: Vladimir (fi)
• French: Vladimir (fr) m
• Georgian: ვლადიმირი (vladimiri)
• German: Wladimir (de) n
• Greek: Βλαντίμιρ (el) m (Vlantímir)
• Hebrew: ולדימיר m (vladímir)
• Hindi: व्लादिमिर m (vlādimir)
• Italian: Vladimir (it) m
• Japanese: ウラジーミル (Urajīmiru), ヴラジーミル (Vurajīmiru)
• Korean: 블라디미르 (ko) (Beulladimireu)
• Latin: Volodimiria f
• Latvian: Vladimira
• Lithuanian: Vladimiras
• Macedonian: Владимир m (Vladimir)
• Marathi: व्लादिमिर n (vlādimir)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Владимѣръ m (Vladiměrŭ)

• Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ m (Volodiměrŭ)
• Persian: ولادیمیر (velâdimir)
• Polish: Włodzimierz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Vladimiro m
• Romanian: Vladimir
• Russian: Влади́мир (ru) m (Vladímir)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Владимир m

  Roman: Vladimir m

• Slovak: Vladimír m
• Slovene: Vladimir (sl) m
• Spanish: Vladímir m
• Thai: วลาดีมีร์ (wá-laa-dii-mii)
• Ukrainian: Влади́мир m (Vladýmyr)

Volodymyr — see Volodymyr

See also

• Valdemar (Scandinavian)
• Waldemar, Woldemar (Germanic names), whence Latvian Voldemārs, Finnish Valto

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		Владимир
Abjad		ولادیمیر

Proper noun

Vladimir

1. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Влади́мир (Vladímir).

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Vladimir, from Russian Влади́мир (Vladímir).

Proper noun

Vladimir

1. a male given name from English [in turn from Russian]

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Владимѣръ (Vladiměrŭ).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Vladimir m

1. A village in Goiești, Dolj, Romania
2. A commune of Gorj, Romania
3. A village in Vladimir, Gorj, Romania
4. a male given name

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋlǎdimiːr/

Proper noun

Vlàdimīr m (Cyrillic spelling Вла̀димӣр)

1. a male given name

Further reading

• “Vladimir”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bladiˈmiɾ/ [bla.ð̞iˈmiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: Vla‧di‧mir

Proper noun

Vladimir m

1. a male given name