Valdis Explained

Valdis
Nameday:	11 December
Gender:	Male
Region:	Latvia
Related Names:	Valdemārs, Voldemārs, Visvaldis, Miervaldis, Tautvaldis, Zemvaldis, Ciemvalids, Tālivaldis, Druvvaldis, Gunvaldis, Arvaldis

Valdis is a Latvian language masculine given name. It is derived from two possible sources; from the Latvian word valdīt ("rule") or as a shortened form of Valdemārs, the Latvian form of Waldemar. Valdis may refer to the following:

• Valdis Birkavs (born 1942), Latvian politician and Prime Minister of Latvia
• Valdis Celms (born 1943), Latvian artist and neopagan leader
• Valdis Dombrovskis (born 1971), Latvian politician, Prime Minister of Latvia (2009–2013)
• Valdis Ģīlis (born 1954), Latvian politician
• Valdis Mintals (born 1979), Estonian figure skater
• Valdis Muižnieks (1935–2013), Latvian basketball player
• Valdis Muktupāvels (born 1958), Latvian ethnomusicologist, composer, musician and teacher
• Valdis Pelšs (born 1967), Latvian-born Russian television personality, musical artist and actor
• Valdis Pultraks (1922–1972), Latvian footballer
• Valdis Valters (born 1957), Latvian basketball player
• Valdis Zatlers (born 1955), Latvian politician, President of Latvia (2007–2011)
• Valdis Zeps (1932–1996), Latvian-American linguist and professor