Vadim

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Вадим in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 9 more, Vadym in PL Poland, NO Norway, DE Germany and 4 more, Вадимс in LV Latvia and Wadim in SE Sweden.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Vadim is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name37K records spelled Vadim11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Norwegian Bokmål

  Also written Vadi͡m

• Romanian given name33K records spelled Vadim5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Moldova, Russia, United States, Spain

  Languages: Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Vadim️

• a separate given name3.0K records spelled Vadim2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus

  Also written Ṿadim

• Italian given name345 records spelled Vadim2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Italy, Israel

  Also written Vadìm

• Hebrew given name230 records spelled Vadim7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, Ukraine, Latvia, Russia

  Also written ודים, ואדים, Vadym, Wadim, Vadím

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Vadim is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Russian, "to accuse."

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In English, A male given name from the Slavic languages, equivalent to English Bademus.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Roger, French director

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In German, ) Wadim: männl. Vom. russi­ scher, ukrainischer und polnischer Herkunft, dem wahrscheinlich das urslaw. Verb *mditi »streiten« zugrunde Hegt. Manchmal wird der Name auch als Kurzform von Vädimir (urslaw. *vaditi »streiten« + urslaw. *mir& »Friede«) aufgefässt.

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Russian, probablement de badian, anis.

  as a name·Russian Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 33 years between 1993–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Vadim Yusovb. 1929RURussian cinematographer (1929–2013)
• Vadim Glownab. 1941DEGerman actor (1941-2012)
• Corneliu Vadim Tudorb. 1949RORomanian politician and writer (1949–2015)
• Vadim Rabinovichb. 1953ILUkrainian businessman
• Vadim Perelmanb. 1963USAmerican film director
• Vadim Naumovb. 1969RURussian pair skater
• Vadim Krasnoselskyb. 1970RUTransnistrian political figure (born 1970)
• Vadym Prystaikob. 1970UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian diplomat
• Vadim Repinb. 1971RURussian violinist
• David Vadimb. 1972USUkrainian actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 229 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Vadim?

We estimate roughly 67 thousand people bear Vadim (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Vadim have the most bearers?

Vadim is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled вадим.

How common is Vadim compared with other names?

In Russia, Vadim is the 61st most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Vadim a male or female name?

Vadim is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Vadim mean?

Recorded meaning: Of uncertain origin, perhaps a contracted form of VLADIMIR.