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Valdimar

Proto-Slavic roots

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Origin: Proto-Slavic
3 language contexts: Danish Faroese Icelandic
Follow the evidence: 6 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Valdimar

Valdimar is a masculine given name documented in Danish, Faroese and Icelandic. English Wiktionary traces it to Proto-Slavic *Voldiměrъ.

Proto-Slavic origin

Source-reported

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Voldiměrъ. Cognate to Danish Valdemar, German Waldemar, Ukrainian Володи́мир (Volodýmyr), Belarusian Уладзі́мір (Uladzímir)/Уладзі́мер (Uladzímjer).

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

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03 / By the numbers

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04 / Through time

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06 / Behind the facts

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Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q16429590CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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.

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About Valdimar

Valdimar is a masculine given name documented in Danish, Faroese and Icelandic. English Wiktionary traces it to Proto-Slavic *Voldiměrъ.

Proto-Slavic origin

Source-reported

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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Denmark

Language records

Documented as a given name in Danish.

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Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q16429590CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ValdimarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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.

Valdimar

About Valdimar

Proto-Slavic origin

Where Valdimar is used

Across borders

Denmark

Popularity over time

History

Valdemar

Valmar

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Valdimar

About Valdimar

Proto-Slavic origin

Where Valdimar is used

Across borders

Denmark

Popularity over time

History

Valdemar

Valmar

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Valdimar

Proto-Slavic origin

Where Valdimar is used

Across borders

Denmark

Popularity over time

History

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Valdemar

Valmar

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A story to pass on.

About Valdimar

Proto-Slavic origin

Where Valdimar is used

Across borders

Denmark

Popularity over time

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Valdemar

Valmar

A name worth keeping.

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