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Vladimir (Влади́мир) is a
Slavic given name of
Church Slavonic and
Old East Slavic origin, now widespread throughout all Slavic nations. The first part of the name is derived from the Slavic root
vlad for "rule", and the second part - from the root
mer for "great, famous, glorious". Hence, it means "ruling with fame", "regal"
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Folk etymology interprets the meaning as "sovereign of the people" or "sovereign of the world" or "the one who rules with peace". This confusion is introduced by other meanings of the Slavic word "Mir" or "Myr" - peace, people/community, and the world.
In
Old Church Slavonic tradition, preserved in
Russian,
Bulgarian,
Serbian and later borrowed into
Czech,
Slovak,
Slovenian,
Croatian, the name is spelled
Vladimir. In
Polish the name is spelled
Włodzimierz.
In
Old East Slavic tradition, preserved in
Ukrainian, the name is spelled
Volodimir,
Volodimer, or
Volodymyr (Володимир).
In
Belarusian the name is spelled
Uladzimir (Uładzimir, Уладзімір) or
Uladzimier (Uładzimier, Уладзімер).
The name owes its popularity outside Slavic countries to
Saint Vladimir, who became a hero of many
Norse sagas, and to his great grandson
Volodymyr Monomakh, after whom
Valdemar the Great of
Denmark was named. In German and Nordic usage, the name came to be pronounced as
Valdemar and
Waldemar ("wald": rule, "meri": famous, "heri": army). Romanian derivations are
Vlad and
Vladutz.
In East Slavic languages, short versions of the name are Vova and Volodya. In other countries, other pet versions are used: for example, Vlada, Vlado, Wlodek, Volya, Vlatko, Vlad. The feminine version of the name is Vladimira.
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