Waldemara
The feminine counterpart to Waldemar, a Germanic name meaning "famous ruler". Only about 76 women in Poland carry it, and no girl gets it now: most Poles will never meet one.
Waldemara Pronunciation
Waldemara is pronounced vahl-de-MAH-rah (/valdɛˈmara/).
What Waldemara means
Where Waldemara comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Waldemara comes from Germanic roots. The name joins "wald", meaning rule or power, with "mar", meaning famous or great. Put together, they give a plain sense: famous ruler. The feminine form grows from Waldemar, the older masculine name that carried the same two parts across German and Polish soil.
That masculine Waldemar traveled well. Polish families used it for centuries, and the feminine Waldemara followed as a rarer companion. A girl named Waldemara shares her meaning with any Waldemar in the family, "sławny władca", a famous ruler.
The sense of command sits in the etymology itself. No legend attached it later. "Wald" is the same root behind words for holding power, and "mar" appears in many old Germanic names for the renowned.
On a Polish school register, Waldemara stands out. It is uncommon now. A teacher reading the list pauses at it. The name still means what its Germanic parts have always meant: a ruler with a famous name.
How many people are named Waldemara
1 in 296629 women in Poland is named Waldemara. 76 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4109 among female names.
Waldemara as a middle name
Waldemara is a first name for 76 women in Poland and a middle name for another 31, a 71/29 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1274th, between Shirley (31) and Wendy (31).
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