Vladimirs

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 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◐

Vladimirs is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Russian given name277 records spelled Vladimirs9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Latvia, Russia, Estonia, Finland

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Владимирс, Владімірс, Владимир-С

• Croatian given name40 records spelled Vladimirs6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Latvia

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian

  Also written Владимирс

33 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●

Vladimirs is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Latvian, Vīrieša vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 13 years between 2008–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Vladimir the Greatb. 958UAnot in their usual nameGrand Prince of Kiev
• Waldemar Haffkineb. 1856FRnot in their usual namebacteriologist (1856–1930)
• Vladimir Leninb. 1870RUnot in their usual namefounding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
• Vladimir Mayakovskyb. 1893RUnot in their usual nameRussian and Soviet poet (1893–1930)
• Vladimir Nabokovb. 1899USnot in their usual nameRussian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)
• Vladimir Gelfandb. 1923UAnot in their usual nameRussian writer (1923–1983)
• Vladimir Vysotskyb. 1938RUnot in their usual nameSoviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)
• Vladimir Menshovb. 1939RUnot in their usual nameSoviet and Russian film director and actor (1939–2021)
• Vladimir Kramnikb. 1975RUnot in their usual nameRussian chess grandmaster
• Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara-Murzab. 1981RUnot in their usual nameRussian politician and journalist (born 1981)

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 · 37 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Vladimirs?

We estimate roughly 15 thousand people bear Vladimirs (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Vladimirs have the most bearers?

We estimate about 15 thousand people bear Vladimirs in Latvia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled vladimirs.

Where is Vladimirs most common?

Vladimirs is densest in Latvia, where the national register counts about 1 in 126 people carrying it.

How common is Vladimirs compared with other names?

In Latvia, Vladimirs is the 15th most common given name of 17,921 given names recorded there.

Is Vladimirs a male or female name?

Vladimirs 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 Vladimirs mean?

Recorded meaning: A transliteration of the Russian male given name Влади́мир (Vladímir), equivalent to Vladimir