Waldemar Explained

Waldemar
Gender:masculine
Meaning:"power"+"fame"; "powerful and famous", "brightness"+"fame"; "bright and famous"
Origin:Germanic
Alternative Spelling:Valdemar, Waldomar, Waldek
Variant Forms:Valdamarr, Valdemārs, Voldemārs, Valdis, Voldemar, Woldemar
Related Names:Vladimir Volodymyr
See Also:Robert (name with a similar meaning)

Waldemar, Valdemar or Woldemar is an Old High German given name. It consists of the elements wald- "power", "brightness" and -mar "fame".

The name is considered the equivalent of the Slavic name Vladimir, Volodymyr, Uladzimir or Włodzimierz.

The Old Norse form Valdamarr (also Valdarr) occurs in the Guðrúnarkviða II as the name of a king of the Danes. The Old Norse form is also used in Heimskringla, in the story of Harald Hardrada, as the name of a ruler of Holmgard (Veliky Novgorod).[1] [2] The Fagrskinna kings' sagas also have Valdamarr, in reference to both Vladimir the Great and Vladimir Yaroslavovich.

People with the name include:

Royalty

Ordered chronologically

Others

A–F

G–N

N–Z

Notes and References

  1. H. Munro Chadwick, Nora K. Chadwick (2010). The Growth of Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 118.
  2. Alison Finlay (2004). Fagrskinna: A Catalogue of the Kings of Norway. Brill. p. 236.