Waldemar

Where Waldemar comes from

Borrowed from German Waldemar in the 19th century. Compare Vladimir, from Slavic, and the Scandinavian name Valdemar.
— Wiktionary's entry for Waldemar
  • Germanic
Along the way
  1. 1856
    Waldemar Haffkine born
    bacteriologist
  2. 1891
    First appearance
    #841 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1906
    Peak, #798
    10 babies named Waldemar — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1907
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,345.
  5. 1996
    Waldemar Anton born
    German-Uzbek footballer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Waldemar Anton · German-Uzbek footballer, born 1996
  • Waldemar Haffkine · bacteriologist, 1856–1930
  • Waldemar Cierpinski · East German athlete, born 1950
  • Waldemar Pawlak · Polish politician, born 1959
  • Waldemar Bonsels · German writer, 1880–1952

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.