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Valdemar

“power, brightness + fame”

Language contexts for this entry: French, Spanish, Portuguese and 6 more

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masculineLatin script

[bal̪.d̪eˈmaɾ] · Spanish

Origin: German
9 language contexts: French Spanish Portuguese +6 more
Follow the evidence: 11 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Valdemar

Valdemar is a masculine given name documented in French, Spanish, Portuguese and 6 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to German Waldemar. It is a form of Waldemar, for which English Wikipedia gives the components power, brightness + fame.

3 source accounts

German origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “power, brightness + fame”

Ultimately from German Waldemar.

Sources for this account (8)

Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: WaldemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Explore 2 more accountsHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

French Wiktionary accountSource-reportedDu vieux slave владимиръ, vladimirŭ.

Du vieux slave владимиръ, vladimirŭ.

Sources for this account (1)

French Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Polish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedniem.

niem.

Sources for this account (1)

Polish Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (10)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q19966563
Masculine usage in Czech · Wiktionary: Valdemar
Masculine usage in Danish · Wiktionary: Valdemar
Masculine usage in Spanish · Wiktionary: Valdemar
Masculine usage in Finnish · Wiktionary: Valdemar
Masculine usage in Norwegian · Wiktionary: Valdemar
Masculine usage in Portuguese · Wiktionary: Valdemar
Masculine usage in Swedish · Wiktionary: Valdemar
Masculine usage in Icelandic · Greek Wiktionary: Valdemar
Masculine usage in French · French Wiktionary: Valdemar

Explore all 9 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Valdemar” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q19966563.

Name day: 04-18 (Sweden).

All pronunciation details (21)

[bal̪.d̪eˈmaɾ] — Spanish
/baldeˈmaɾ/ — Spanish
[baɫ.dɨˈmaɾ] — Portuguese (Northern, Portugal)
[vaɫ.dɨˈma.ɾi] — Portuguese (Portugal, Southern)
[vaɫ.dɨˈmaɾ] — Portuguese (Portugal)
[vaʊ̯.deˈmah] — Portuguese (Brazil)
[vaʊ̯.deˈmaɻ] — Portuguese (Caipira)
[vaʊ̯.deˈmaɾ] — Portuguese (São Paulo)
[vaʊ̯.deˈmaχ] — Portuguese (Rio de Janeiro)
/bal.dɨˈmaɾ/ — Portuguese (Northern, Portugal)
/val.dɨˈma.ɾi/ — Portuguese (Portugal, Southern)
/val.dɨˈmaɾ/ — Portuguese (Portugal)
/vaw.deˈmaɻ/ — Portuguese (Caipira)
/vaw.deˈmaɾ/ — Portuguese (São Paulo)
/vaw.deˈmaʁ/ — Portuguese (Brazil)
/vaw.deˈmaʁ/ — Portuguese (Rio de Janeiro)
/vaw.de'maʁ/ — Portuguese (Brazil)
[ˈvaldɛmar] — Czech
[ˈʋɑ̝lde̞mɑ̝r] — Finnish
/ˈʋɑldemɑr/ — Finnish
/ˈvɑldemɑr/ — Finnish

02 / Across borders

Where Valdemar is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Valdemar’s connections around the world.

6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2025: 5 boys (rank 12008).

Explore United States

4 of 15 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Valdemar

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 5; applications; Rank #12,008
Peak year: 2002; 24 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Valdemar in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	5	2,544	observed
1913	7	2,273	observed
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	5	3,897	observed
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	8	3,214	observed
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	7	3,467	observed
1924	6	3,867	observed
1925	13	2,313	observed
1926	9	2,904	observed
1927	11	2,523	observed
1928	5	4,151	observed
1929	7	3,247	observed
1930	13	2,178	observed
1931	12	2,207	observed
1932	12	2,191	observed
1933	6	3,268	observed
1934	7	2,973	observed
1935	10	2,396	observed
1936	9	2,452	observed
1937	6	3,175	observed
1938	9	2,479	observed
1939	10	2,288	observed
1940	8	2,671	observed
1941	9	2,491	observed
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	11	2,277	observed
1944	8	2,633	observed
1945	6	2,996	observed
1946	9	2,534	observed
1947	9	2,671	observed
1948	15	1,943	observed
1949	6	3,298	observed
1950	8	2,770	observed
1951	9	2,662	observed
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	17	1,900	observed
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	12	2,302	observed
1956	9	2,798	observed
1957	8	3,024	observed
1958	12	2,370	observed
1959	7	3,290	observed
1960	13	2,315	observed
1961	12	2,409	observed
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	8	3,044	observed
1964	12	2,409	observed
1965	10	2,617	observed
1966	11	2,465	observed
1967	6	3,559	observed
1968	11	2,576	observed
1969	11	2,682	observed
1970	8	3,521	observed
1971	11	2,973	observed
1972	10	3,152	observed
1973	9	3,445	observed
1974	6	4,634	observed
1975	12	3,078	observed
1976	12	3,095	observed
1977	13	3,037	observed
1978	10	3,614	observed
1979	9	4,068	observed
1980	16	2,831	observed
1981	8	4,509	observed
1982	12	3,482	observed
1983	6	5,484	observed
1984	12	3,459	observed
1985	7	5,147	observed
1986	11	3,882	observed
1987	8	4,968	observed
1988	8	5,200	observed
1989	7	6,229	observed
1990	14	3,971	observed
1991	12	4,476	observed
1992	10	5,236	observed
1993	9	5,771	observed
1994	20	3,326	observed
1995	17	3,693	observed
1996	13	4,613	observed
1997	10	5,642	observed
1998	8	6,843	observed
1999	9	6,530	observed
2000	13	5,297	observed
2001	16	4,676	observed
2002	24	3,554	observed
2003	8	7,831	observed
2004	6	9,948	observed
2005	10	7,096	observed
2006	17	5,072	observed
2007	13	6,262	observed
2008	8	9,019	observed
2009	8	8,985	observed
2010	11	7,087	observed
2011	6	10,808	observed
2012	5	12,274	observed
2013	5	12,136	observed
2014	5	12,108	observed
2015	7	9,568	observed
2016	6	10,744	observed
2017	6	10,775	observed
2018	7	9,670	observed
2019	5	12,145	observed
2020	12	6,620	observed
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	5	12,330	observed
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	5	12,349	observed
2025	5	12,008	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Valdemar” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Valdemar— “powerful fame”
Valdemar, _m._ _Fr._ Teu. powerful fame, 315
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Valdemar I of Denmark
1131–1182
King of Denmark
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Valdemar II of Denmark
1170–1241
King of Denmark from 1202 to 1241
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Valdemar IV of Denmark
1320–1375
King of Denmark
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Valdemar III of Denmark
1314–1364
King of Denmark and Duke of Schleswig
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Valdemar Poulsen
1869–1942
Danish engineer (1869-1942)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Valdemar with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms10

Wikidata Q19966563CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: WaldemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: WaldemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Denmark — grouped top baby names, 1985–2025
Statistics Denmark (Danmarks Statistik) · Statistics Denmark attribution terms (commercial and non-commercial reuse permitted) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce — first given names of children, PESEL register, 2000-2025 (national)
Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (Ministry of Digital Affairs), Poland — PESEL register; published on dane.gov.pl · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Opening name…

About Valdemar

3 source accounts

German origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “power, brightness + fame”

Ultimately from German Waldemar.

Sources for this account (8)

Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: WaldemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Explore 2 more accountsHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

French Wiktionary accountSource-reportedDu vieux slave владимиръ, vladimirŭ.

Du vieux slave владимиръ, vladimirŭ.

Sources for this account (1)

French Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Polish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedniem.

niem.

Sources for this account (1)

Polish Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (10)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q19966563
Masculine usage in Czech · Wiktionary: Valdemar
Masculine usage in Danish · Wiktionary: Valdemar
Masculine usage in Spanish · Wiktionary: Valdemar
Masculine usage in Finnish · Wiktionary: Valdemar
Masculine usage in Norwegian · Wiktionary: Valdemar
Masculine usage in Portuguese · Wiktionary: Valdemar
Masculine usage in Swedish · Wiktionary: Valdemar
Masculine usage in Icelandic · Greek Wiktionary: Valdemar
Masculine usage in French · French Wiktionary: Valdemar

Explore all 9 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Valdemar” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q19966563.

Name day: 04-18 (Sweden).

All pronunciation details (21)

[bal̪.d̪eˈmaɾ] — Spanish
/baldeˈmaɾ/ — Spanish
[baɫ.dɨˈmaɾ] — Portuguese (Northern, Portugal)
[vaɫ.dɨˈma.ɾi] — Portuguese (Portugal, Southern)
[vaɫ.dɨˈmaɾ] — Portuguese (Portugal)
[vaʊ̯.deˈmah] — Portuguese (Brazil)
[vaʊ̯.deˈmaɻ] — Portuguese (Caipira)
[vaʊ̯.deˈmaɾ] — Portuguese (São Paulo)
[vaʊ̯.deˈmaχ] — Portuguese (Rio de Janeiro)
/bal.dɨˈmaɾ/ — Portuguese (Northern, Portugal)
/val.dɨˈma.ɾi/ — Portuguese (Portugal, Southern)
/val.dɨˈmaɾ/ — Portuguese (Portugal)
/vaw.deˈmaɻ/ — Portuguese (Caipira)
/vaw.deˈmaɾ/ — Portuguese (São Paulo)
/vaw.deˈmaʁ/ — Portuguese (Brazil)
/vaw.deˈmaʁ/ — Portuguese (Rio de Janeiro)
/vaw.de'maʁ/ — Portuguese (Brazil)
[ˈvaldɛmar] — Czech
[ˈʋɑ̝lde̞mɑ̝r] — Finnish
/ˈʋɑldemɑr/ — Finnish
/ˈvɑldemɑr/ — Finnish

Where Valdemar is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Valdemar’s connections around the world.

6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2025: 5 boys (rank 12008).

Explore United States

4 of 15 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Valdemar

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 5; applications; Rank #12,008
Peak year: 2002; 24 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Valdemar in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	5	2,544	observed
1913	7	2,273	observed
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	5	3,897	observed
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	8	3,214	observed
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	7	3,467	observed
1924	6	3,867	observed
1925	13	2,313	observed
1926	9	2,904	observed
1927	11	2,523	observed
1928	5	4,151	observed
1929	7	3,247	observed
1930	13	2,178	observed
1931	12	2,207	observed
1932	12	2,191	observed
1933	6	3,268	observed
1934	7	2,973	observed
1935	10	2,396	observed
1936	9	2,452	observed
1937	6	3,175	observed
1938	9	2,479	observed
1939	10	2,288	observed
1940	8	2,671	observed
1941	9	2,491	observed
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	11	2,277	observed
1944	8	2,633	observed
1945	6	2,996	observed
1946	9	2,534	observed
1947	9	2,671	observed
1948	15	1,943	observed
1949	6	3,298	observed
1950	8	2,770	observed
1951	9	2,662	observed
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	17	1,900	observed
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	12	2,302	observed
1956	9	2,798	observed
1957	8	3,024	observed
1958	12	2,370	observed
1959	7	3,290	observed
1960	13	2,315	observed
1961	12	2,409	observed
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	8	3,044	observed
1964	12	2,409	observed
1965	10	2,617	observed
1966	11	2,465	observed
1967	6	3,559	observed
1968	11	2,576	observed
1969	11	2,682	observed
1970	8	3,521	observed
1971	11	2,973	observed
1972	10	3,152	observed
1973	9	3,445	observed
1974	6	4,634	observed
1975	12	3,078	observed
1976	12	3,095	observed
1977	13	3,037	observed
1978	10	3,614	observed
1979	9	4,068	observed
1980	16	2,831	observed
1981	8	4,509	observed
1982	12	3,482	observed
1983	6	5,484	observed
1984	12	3,459	observed
1985	7	5,147	observed
1986	11	3,882	observed
1987	8	4,968	observed
1988	8	5,200	observed
1989	7	6,229	observed
1990	14	3,971	observed
1991	12	4,476	observed
1992	10	5,236	observed
1993	9	5,771	observed
1994	20	3,326	observed
1995	17	3,693	observed
1996	13	4,613	observed
1997	10	5,642	observed
1998	8	6,843	observed
1999	9	6,530	observed
2000	13	5,297	observed
2001	16	4,676	observed
2002	24	3,554	observed
2003	8	7,831	observed
2004	6	9,948	observed
2005	10	7,096	observed
2006	17	5,072	observed
2007	13	6,262	observed
2008	8	9,019	observed
2009	8	8,985	observed
2010	11	7,087	observed
2011	6	10,808	observed
2012	5	12,274	observed
2013	5	12,136	observed
2014	5	12,108	observed
2015	7	9,568	observed
2016	6	10,744	observed
2017	6	10,775	observed
2018	7	9,670	observed
2019	5	12,145	observed
2020	12	6,620	observed
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	5	12,330	observed
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	5	12,349	observed
2025	5	12,008	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Valdemar— “powerful fame”
Valdemar, _m._ _Fr._ Teu. powerful fame, 315
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Valdemar I of Denmark
1131–1182
King of Denmark
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Valdemar II of Denmark
1170–1241
King of Denmark from 1202 to 1241
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Valdemar IV of Denmark
1320–1375
King of Denmark
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Valdemar III of Denmark
1314–1364
King of Denmark and Duke of Schleswig
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Valdemar Poulsen
1869–1942
Danish engineer (1869-1942)
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Wikidata Q19966563CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ValdemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: WaldemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: WaldemarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

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Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Denmark — grouped top baby names, 1985–2025
Statistics Denmark (Danmarks Statistik) · Statistics Denmark attribution terms (commercial and non-commercial reuse permitted) · retrieved 2026-10-15
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Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
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Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce — first given names of children, PESEL register, 2000-2025 (national)
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Valdemar I of Denmark

Valdemar II of Denmark

Valdemar IV of Denmark

Valdemar III of Denmark

Valdemar Poulsen

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A story to pass on.

About Valdemar

German origin

Where Valdemar is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Valdemar I of Denmark

Valdemar II of Denmark

Valdemar IV of Denmark

Valdemar III of Denmark

Valdemar Poulsen

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page