Meaning & Origin
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.
Vladimir is a boy's baby name of Slavic origin, from the Old Slavic elements vladeti (to rule) and mir (peace, world), meaning 'peaceful ruler' or 'ruler of the world.' Saint Vladimir the Great Christianized Kievan Rus in 988, making this one of the most historically significant Slavic names.
Vladimir carries the weight of empires — from Saint Vladimir to the Romanovs, it has been a name of rulers across Eastern Europe for over a thousand years, used with about 6,000 recorded U.S. births.