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Vladimir
Pronounced /ˈvlæ.dɪ.miə(ɹ)/
Rank in 2024
#1,931
Born in 2024
81
Peak year
2016 · #1090
Origin
Russian
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 81 boys were named Vladimir, about 1 in every 21,177.
- It peaked in 2016 with 180 babies, ranked #1090.
- It first shows up in the records in 1913.
- 6,102 boys have been named Vladimir since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Vladimir per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 237 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 125 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 162 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 578 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,196 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,189 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,615 babies, 0.07 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
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.
- A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, Russian, or Serbo-Croatian male given name Владимир (Vladimir), equivalent to Volodymyr, popular throughout the history of Slavic countries and societies.
- A male given name from Russian, but rare as a name of English-speaking persons.
- Origin
- Russian
- Say it
- /ˈvlæ.dɪ.miə(ɹ)/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Vladimir, CC BY-SA 4.0.