Volodymyr
Meaning
“Ukrainian form of Vladimir: ruler of great fame; the baptizer-prince of Kyiv, and the name the world now knows”
The story
Volodymyr is the Ukrainian form of the old Slavic name more widely written Vladimir in Russian. Its elements are connected with ruling and greatness or fame, though turning them into one exact modern phrase can hide how old compounds work. Ukrainian writes the name Володимир. Its defining historical bearer is Volodymyr the Great, the prince of Kyiv who adopted Christianity in 988 and oversaw the baptism of Kyivan Rus. That legacy gives the name an established Ukrainian life far deeper than any recent headline. On this site's American curve Volodymyr first registers in the 2020s, which measures only its visibility in US records, not its age or standing in Ukraine. Vova and Volodia can function as familiar forms in related language traditions, while Volodymyr keeps the full Ukrainian spelling and transliteration.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Volodymyr does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
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