Vladimir
A Slavic name built from roots meaning "ruler" and either fame or peace. In Poland it stays rare: fewer than 3,000 men carry it, all of them male, and it's given less often every year.
Vladimir Pronunciation
What Vladimir means
Where Vladimir comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Vladimir is a Slavic name built from two old roots: vlad, to rule, and mir, which meant both peace and world. Put them together and you get something close to famous or peaceful ruler, władca świata or władca pokoju in Polish. That double sense of mir has never fully settled. A Vladimir might be read as a lord of peace or a lord of the world, and both readings are old.
The name belongs first to the East. Vladimir the Great, Grand Prince of Kiev, brought Christianity to the Rus around 988, and the Orthodox church later counted him a saint. Russians have carried the name ever since, which is why it reads as Russian to most ears today.
In Poland it stays foreign, spelled the eastern way on a class register or an official form at the urząd. No diminutive softens it. What the name states plainly is its meaning: a ruler, and the mir, the peace or the world, that he governs.
How many people are named Vladimir
1 in 7241 men in Poland is named Vladimir. 2,948 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #592 among male names.
Vladimir's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Vladimir as a middle name
Vladimir is a first name for 2,948 men in Poland and a middle name for another 62, a 98/2 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 933rd, between Sykstus (62) and Austin (61).
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#931 Stewart62
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#932 Sykstus62
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#933 Vladimir62
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#934 Austin61
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#935 Berk61