vladimir
/ˈvlæ.dɪ.miə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
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.
name
A male given name from Russian, but rare as a name of English-speaking persons.
name
A city, the administrative centre of Vladimir Oblast, Russia.
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Владимир, Володимѣръ, Владимѣръ, *Voldiměrъ, *h₂welh₁-
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈvlæ.dɪ.miə(ɹ)/
Phrases
whence Latvian Voldemārs
Finnish Valto