Waldemar name - Meaning of Waldemar
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- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 5
- Usage
- German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Germanic
- Pronounced
- vahl-DE-mahr (German, Polish)
- Waldemar Meaning
- Germanic derivative of the Slavic name Vladimir (or perhaps a cognate composed of the Germanic elements wald "rule" and meri "famous"). It was introduced into Scandinavia by the 12th-century Danish king Waldemar (or Valdemar) who was named after a royal ancestor of his Ukrainian mother. Waldemar is a variant of Valdemar. Valdemar originates in Germanic languages and means "famous ruler". As a masculine given name it is mainly used in Scandinavian languages. Some sources also suggest it could be a derivative of the Slavic name Vladimir.
Waldemar Related Names
Variants: Valdemar (Swedish), Valdemar (Norwegian), Valdemar (Danish)
Diminutives: Waldek, Walduś (Polish)
Other Languages: Waldomar (Ancient Germanic), Valdimárr (Ancient Scandinavian), Uladzimir (Belarusian), Vladimir (Bulgarian), Vladimir, Vlado, Vlatko (Croatian), Vladimír, Vladan (Czech), Valdemar, Valto (Finnish), Vladimer, Lado (Georgian), Voldemārs, Valdis (Latvian), Valdemaras, Vladimiras, Voldemaras, Valdas (Lithuanian), Vladimir, Vlatko (Macedonian), Vladilen, Vladimir, Vladlen, Volodya, Vova (Russian), Vladimir, Vladan, Vlado, Vlatko (Serbian), Vladimír, Vladan (Slovak), Vladimir (Slovene), Volodymyr, Wolodymyr (Ukrainian)
Waldemar Celebrities
Waldemar Kobus - actor, Waldemar Torenstra - actor,
