Vladimir

Where Vladimir comes from

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.
— Wiktionary's entry for Vladimir
  • Russian
  • 4 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #1,676 among boys, 11 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1997
    Peak, #1,040
    123 babies named Vladimir — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Russian, but rare as a name of English-speaking persons.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.