Volodymyr

Volodymyr
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Ukrainian
Meaning	the peace-holder
Region of origin	Ukraine
Other names
Related names	Vladimir, Włodzimierz, Waldek, Waldemar, Woldemar, Voldemārs, Voldemar, Uladzimir, Valdimar

Volodymyr (Ukrainian: Володи́мир, romanized: Volodýmyr, pronounced [woloˈdɪmɪr], Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ) is a Ukrainian given name of Old East Slavic origin. The related Ancient Slavic, such as Czech, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, etc. form of the name, Володимѣръ Volodiměr, which in other Slavic languages became Vladimir (from Church Slavonic: Владимѣръ, romanized: Vladiměr).

Diminutives include Volodia and Vlodko.

People known as Volodymyr

Volodymyr the Great (aka St. Volodymyr, Volodymyr I of Kiev), Grand Prince of Kiev
Volodymyr II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kiev
Volodymyr Atamanyuk (born 1955), Soviet footballer
Volodymyr Bahaziy (1902–1942), Ukrainian nationalist
Volodymyr Barilko (born 1994), Ukrainian football striker
Volodymyr Bezsonov (born 1958), Ukrainian football manager and player
Volodymyr Chesnakov (born 1988), Ukrainian footballer
Volodymyr Demchenko (born 1981), Ukrainian sprinter who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics
Volodymyr Dyudya (born 1983), Ukrainian racing cyclist
Volodymyr Groysman (born 1978), Prime Minister of Ukraine (2016–19)
Volodymyr Herashchenko (born 1968), Ukrainian footballer
Volodymyr Holubnychy (born 1936), Ukrainian race walker
Volodymyr Homenyuk (born 1985), Ukrainian footballer
Volodymyr Horilyi (born 1965), Soviet-Ukrainian football defender
Volodymyr Inozemtsev (born 1964), Ukrainian triple jumper
Volodymyr Ivasyuk (1949–1979), Ukrainian songwriter, composer and poet
Volodymyr Kaliuzhniy (born 1972), Ukrainian fencer
Volodymyr Kaplychnyi (1944–2004), Soviet footballer of Jewish descent
Volodymyr Kilikevych (born 1983), Ukrainian footballer
Volodymyr Lozynskyi (1955–2020), Soviet-Ukrainian football coach and player
Volodymyr Lukashenko (born 1980), Ukrainian sabre fencer
Volodymyr Lyutyi (born 1962) Ukrainian football coach and player
Volodymyr Mykhailenko (born 1973), Ukrainian decathlete
Volodymyr Nikolaychuk (born 1975), Ukrainian backstroke swimmer
Volodymyr Onyshchenko (born 1949), Soviet footballer
Volodymyr Parasyuk (born 1987), Ukrainian public figure
Volodymyr Pianykh (born 1951), Soviet footballer
Volodymyr Ploskina (1954–2010), Ukrainian professional footballer
Volodymyr Polyovyi (born 1985), Ukrainian football defender
Volodymyr Pryyomov (born 1986), Ukrainian football player
Volodymyr Raskatov (1957–2014), Ukrainian swimmer
Volodymyr Rybin (born 1980), Ukrainian racing cyclist
Volodymyr Sabodan (1935–2014), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Volodymyr Shatskykh (born 1981), Ukrainian former Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
Volodymyr Shcherbytsky (1918–1990), Ukrainian Communist and Soviet politician
Volodymyr Starchyk (born 1980), Ukrainian racing cyclist
Volodymyr Tkachenko (swimmer) (born 1965), Ukrainian swimmer who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics
Volodymyr Troshkin (born 1947), Soviet-Ukrainian football player and coach
Volodymyr Yezerskiy (born 1976), Ukrainian football defender
Volodymyr Zagorodniy (born 1983), Ukrainian road bicycle racer
Volodymyr Zelensky (born 1978), Ukrainian comic actor; President of Ukraine
Volodymyr Zyuskov (born 1981), Ukrainian long jumper

People known as Volodymyr

See also