# Waldemar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/waldemar/  
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 | German |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,510 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,510 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Waldemar in the 19th century. Compare Vladimir, from Slavic, and the Scandinavian name Valdemar.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 9 | 6,816 |
| 2000 | 6 | 10,299 |
| 2002 | 9 | 7,613 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10,835 |
| 2004 | 5 | 13,131 |
| 2006 | 5 | 13,932 |
| 2008 | 8 | 9,821 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,821 |
| 2010 | 6 | 12,138 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,959 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,965 |
| 2016 | 5 | 14,084 |
| 2022 | 5 | 14,213 |
| 2024 | 5 | 14,150 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,790 |

## In other languages

- Czech: Valdemar
- Danish: Valdemar
- Finnish: Valto, Valdemar
- Georgian: ვალდემარი
- German: Waldemar
- Italian: Valdemaro
- Latin: Waldemarus
- Latvian: Voldemārs, Valdemārs
- Norwegian: Valdemar
- Polish: Waldemar
- Portuguese: Valdemar, Valdemiro
- Spanish: Oldemar
- Swedish: Valdemar

## People named Waldemar

- Waldemar Haffkine, bacteriologist (1856–1930)
- Waldemar Cierpinski, East German athlete
- Waldemar de Brito, Brazilian footballer (1913-1979)
- Prince Waldemar of Prussia, German jurist (1889–1945)
- Waldemar Blatskauskas, Brazilian basketball player (1938-1964)
- Waldemar Klingelhöfer, German opera singer (1900–1977)
- Waldemar Philippi, German footballer (1929-1990)
- Waldemar Lindgren, American geologist (1860-1939)
- Waldemar Levy Cardoso, Brazilian field marshal (1900–2009)
- Waldemar Ksienzyk, German footballer
- Prince Waldemar of Prussia, German officer; fifth son and eighth child of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and Princess Marie
- Waldemar Young, American screenwriter (1878–1938)

## 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.