# Volodymyr (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/volodymyr/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /vələˈdiːmiə(ɹ)/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ukrainian Володи́мир (Volodýmyr), Old East Slavic Володимѣръ (Volodiměrŭ). A Ukrainian cognate of Russian Влади́мир (Vladímir). Doublet of Vladimir.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 14,066 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 弗拉基米爾 /弗拉基米尔, 沃洛迪米爾 /沃洛迪米尔
- Polish: Włodzimierz
- Russian: Влади́мир m/Володы́мыр
- Swedish: Volodymyr
- Ukrainian: Володи́мир

## People named Volodymyr

- Volodymyr Zabolotnyi, Founder of the Academy of Architecture of Ukraine (1898–1962)
- Volodymyr Homenyuk, footballer
- Volodymyr Pryyomov, footballer
- Volodymyr Sterniuk, Acting head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in 1972-1991
- Volodymyr Koman, association football player (1964–2023)
- Volodymyr Koval, footballer
- Vladimir Kiselyov, athletics competitor (1957–2021)
- Vladimir of Novgorod, eldest son of Yaroslav I the Wise of Kiev by Ingigerd, daughter of king Olof Skötkonung of
- Alexei Filippenko, American astronomer
- Vladimir Okhotnik, French chess player
- Vladimir Vasilkovich, Belarusian noble
- Vladimir Dudarenko, footballer (1946-2017)

## 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.