Vladimer
Only about 370 men in Poland carry it, and no boys have been given it in recent years. A Slavic name at root, a form of Włodzimierz meaning "famous ruler".
Vladimer Pronunciation
What Vladimer means
Where Vladimer comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Vladimer grows from Slavic roots, a compound of an old verb meaning to rule and a second element that carried the sense of great or famous, and in some readings peace. Polish gives it as włodzimierz, and from that longer form comes the everyday włodek, the version a boy hears from friends. The short meaning most often attached is "famous ruler."
That older element, mir, sits at a crossroads in Slavic languages, where it can mean both fame and peace. So the Polish gloss reads sławny władca pokoju, a famous ruler of peace, folding both senses into one line. The two ideas were never fully separate for the people who used the word daily.
History gives the name a clear bearer. Vladimir the Great ruled Kyiv around the year 1000 and is remembered for the Christianisation of the Rus. His name travelled east and south through the Orthodox world, which is why a form like Vladimer turns up far from Poland. Włodzimierz keeps a name day in the Polish calendar too. On a class register the full form stands out. Włodek does the rest.
How many people are named Vladimer
1 in 57692 men in Poland is named Vladimer. 370 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1553 among male names.