- For other uses, see Vladimir (disambiguation).
Vladimir (Влади́мир) is a Slavic given name of Church Slavonic and Old East Slavic origin, now widespread throughout all Slavic nations. The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages) a group of closely related Languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages to make sure old Cyrillic letters are displayed properly (For example instead of just Ѣ write Ѣ Old East Slavic, also known as Old Russian (древнерусский or Old Ruthenian, was a vernacular literary language used from the 10th to the 14th centuries 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" [1].
Folk etymology interprets the meaning as "sovereign of the people" or "sovereign of the world" or "the one who rules with peace". Folk etymology is a term used in two distinct ways A commonly held misunderstanding of the origin of a particular word a False etymology. 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. to make sure old Cyrillic letters are displayed properly (For example instead of just Ѣ write Ѣ Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group Serbian (sr-Cyrl српски језик sr-Latn ''srpski jezik'' is a South Slavic language, Czech (ˈʧɛk čeština ˈʧɛʃcɪna in Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers it is the majority language in the The Slovak language ( slovenčina, slovenský jazyk, not to be confused with Slovenščina) sometimes referred to as "Slovakian" Slovene or Slovenian ( slovenski jezik or slovenščina, not to be confused with Slovenčina) is a South Slavic language Croatian language ( hrvatski jezik) is a South Slavic language which is used primarily in Croatia, by Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina in neighbouring In Polish the name is spelled Włodzimierz. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland.
In Old East Slavic tradition, preserved in Ukrainian, the name is spelled Volodimir, Volodimer, or Volodymyr (Володимир). Old East Slavic, also known as Old Russian (древнерусский or Old Ruthenian, was a vernacular literary language used from the 10th to the 14th centuries Ukrainian (in Ukrainian украї́нська мо́ва ukrayins'ka mova,) is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. Volodymyr (Володимир is a Ukrainian male Given name.
In Belarusian the name is spelled Uladzimir (Uładzimir, Уладзімір) or Uladzimier (Uładzimier, Уладзімер). The Belarusian language, or Belorussian,(беларуская мова BGN/PCGN: byelaruskaya mova, Scientific: belaruskaja mova
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. Saint Vladimir Svyatoslavich the Great ( Old Russian: Володимеръ Святославичь, c The sagas (from Icelandic saga, plural sögur) are stories about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history about early Viking voyages For the cruiser see Russian armoured cruiser Vladimir Monomakh, for the submarine see RFS Vladimir Monomakh Vladimir II Monomakh Valdemar I of Denmark ( 14 January 1131 - 12 May 1182) also known as Valdemar the Great, was King of Denmark from The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe 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: e. g. , Vlada, Vlado, Wlodek, Volya, Vlatko, Vlad. The feminine version of the name is Vladimira.
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