# Vladimir (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vladimir/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “power”, “be strong”, “great”, “peace” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈvlæ.dɪ.miə(ɹ)/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,190 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,190 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 564, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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.

## What it means

Vladimir is grouped under peace and strong.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 160 | 1,135 |
| 2012 | 147 | 1,216 |
| 2013 | 134 | 1,296 |
| 2014 | 166 | 1,146 |
| 2015 | 167 | 1,138 |
| 2016 | 180 | 1,095 |
| 2017 | 161 | 1,168 |
| 2018 | 145 | 1,275 |
| 2019 | 144 | 1,295 |
| 2020 | 117 | 1,471 |
| 2021 | 126 | 1,438 |
| 2022 | 108 | 1,625 |
| 2023 | 87 | 1,849 |
| 2024 | 81 | 1,955 |
| 2025 | 87 | 1,836 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,339 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,370 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,186 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,050 |
| 2017 | 39 | 818 |
| 2018 | 48 | 711 |
| 2019 | 58 | 622 |
| 2020 | 54 | 640 |
| 2021 | 64 | 592 |
| 2022 | 49 | 688 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,071 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,402 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,226 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: فْلَادِيمِير
- Armenian: Վլադիմիր
- Bulgarian: Влади́мир, Владими́р
- Catalan: Vladimir
- Chinese: 弗拉基米爾 /弗拉基米尔
- Czech: Vladimir, Vladimír
- Danish: Vladimir
- Dutch: Vladimir, Wladimir
- Finnish: Vladimir
- French: Vladimir
- Georgian: ვლადიმირი, ვლადიმერი
- German: Wladimir
- Greek: Βλαντίμιρ, Βλαδίμηρος
- Hebrew: ולדימיר
- Hindi: व्लादिमिर
- Italian: Vladimir, Vladimiro, Valdemaro
- Japanese: ウラジーミル, ヴラジーミル
- Korean: 블라디미르, 울라지미르
- Latin: Volodimiria, Vladimirus, Baldimer
- Latvian: Vladimira, Vladimirs

## People named Vladimir

- Vladimir Prelog, Bosnian-Swiss chemist (1906-1998)
- Vladimír Darida, Czech footballer
- Vladimír Šmicer, Czech association football player
- Vladimír Špidla, Czech politician
- Vladimir Petković, Bosnian association football player and coach
- Vladimír Coufal, Czech association football player
- Vladimir Pozner, French-Russian-American journalist (1934- )
- Vladimir Beara, Croatian footballer (1928-2014)
- Vladimír Remek, Czech ambassador, astronaut and pilot
- Vladimir Nazor, Croatian writer and politician (1876-1949)
- Vladimir of Bulgaria, Bulgarian ruler
- Vladimir Jankélévitch, French philosopher (1903–1985)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.