Vlad

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Влад in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, BY Belarus and 6 more.

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 18 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◐

Vlad is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Romanian given name48K records spelled Vlad4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, Moldova, Russia, United States

  Languages: Romanian, Italian

• English given name30K records spelled Vlad7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Russia, Australia

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Vlād, Vlâd

• Spanish given name12K records spelled Vlad6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Romania, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Vläd, Vlàd

• French given name7.3K records spelled Vlad2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Romania, Belgium

  Also written Vlad'

43 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●

Vlad is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, sl. Stamm "Herr- schaft". Wladimir, Ladis- laus, Latek, Lasek. Wla- thilnk, Watt | ke, ig, La.tt | - ka, ke, eck,, ich, Lättig, Lat|us(ke), usch, Lassek (x las "Wald"), Latz, e, el, ke, Letzel, Laetzsch

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In Russian, 24 septembre (7 octobre). Ladislas ou Vladislas sont ses formes francisées. Fête : 27 juin.

  as a name·Russian Names

• In English, Acronym of Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment, a series of anti-bikie laws.

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

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) — 30 years between 1995–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Vlad II Draculb. 1395ROhistorical ruler of Wallachia
• Vlad Ţepeşb. 1431RO15th-century ruler of Wallachia
• Vlad Rădescub. 1952RORomanian actor
• Vlad Ivanovb. 1969RORomanian actor
• Vlad Stashevskyb. 1974RURussian pop singer (born 1974)
• Vlad Mirițăb. 1981RORomanian singer
• Vlad Voiculescub. 1983RORomanian economist, civil activist and politician
• Vlad Topalovb. 1985RURussian singer
• Vlad Chiricheșb. 1989RORomanian footballer (born 1989)
• Satoshib. 1998MDnot in their usual nameMoldovan singer, songwriter and rapper (born 1998)

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 · 219 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Vlad?

We estimate roughly 13 thousand people bear Vlad (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Vlad have the most bearers?

Vlad is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled влад.

Where is Vlad most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Vlad is densest in Moldova — about 1 in 378 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Vlad compared with other names?

In Russia, Vlad is the 175th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Vlad a male or female name?

Vlad 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 Vlad mean?

Recorded meaning: "to rule."