Waldemar
Gender | masculine |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Germanic |
Meaning | "rule"+"fame"; "famous ruler" |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Valdemar, Waldomar |
Variant form(s) | Valdamarr, Voldemārs, Voldemar, Woldemar |
Related names | Vladimir |
Waldemar is an Old High German given name. It consists of the elements wald- "to rule" and -mar "fame".
The name is sometimes considered the equivalent of the Slavic name Vladimir.
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), in this case as a translation of the Slavic name Volodimer.[1] The Fagrskinna kings' sagas also have Valdamarr as the translation of Slavic Volodimer/Vladimir, in reference to both Vladimir the Great and Vladimir Yaroslavovich. The German form was introduced to Scandinavia as Valdemar in the 12th century, with king Valdemar I of Denmark.
It may refer to:
Royalty
- Valdemar I of Denmark or Waldemar the Great (1131–1182)
- Valdemar II of Denmark or Waldemar the Victorious (1170–1241)
- Valdemar the Young (1209–1231)
- Valdemar III of Denmark (1314–1364)
- Waldemar I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. 1368)
- Waldemar II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. 1371)
- Valdemar IV of Denmark or Waldemar Otherday (c. 1320–1375)
- Waldemar III, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. 1391)
- Waldemar of Sweden (disambiguation), several people
- Valdemar of Denmark (bishop) (1157/1158–1235 or 1236)
- Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858–1939)
- Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal or Waldemar the Great (c. 1280–1319)
- Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1868–1879), son of Emperor Frederick III
- Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889–1945), son of Prince Henry and nephew of the previous
- Woldemar, Prince of Lippe (1824–1895)
Other people
- Valdemar Costa Neto, Brazilian politician
- Valdemar Poulsen, Danish inventor
- Waldemar Baszanowski, Polish weightlifter
- Waldemar Bonsels, German writer
- Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (geologist), Norwegian geologist
- Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (writer), Norwegian writer
- Waldemar Levy Cardoso, field Marshal of the Brazilian Army
- Waldemar Cierpinski, East German athlete
- Waldemar Erfurth, German general
- Waldemar Haffkine, bacteriologist
- Waldemar Hoven (1903–1948), German Nazi physician executed for war crimes
- Waldemar Januszczak, British art critic
- Waldemar Legień, Polish judoka
- Waldemar Lemos, Brazilian football (soccer) manager
- Waldemar Łysiak, Polish writer
- Waldemar Maciszewski, Polish pianist and composer
- Waldemar Matuška, Czechoslovak singer
- Waldemar Milewicz, Polish journalist
- Waldemar Olszewski, Polish lymphologist
- Waldemar Pabst, German soldier and political activist
- Waldemar Pawlak, Polish politician
- Waldemar Prusik, Polish footballer
- Waldemar Sorychta, German heavy metal musician and record producer
- Waldemar Starosta, Polish politician
- Waldemar Victorino, Uruguayan football player
- Waldemar Witkowski, Polish politician
- Waldemar Wilenius, Finnish architect
- Waldemar Young, American screenwriter
See also
- Valdemar (disambiguation)
- Vladimir (name)
- Walter (name)
- Woldemar
- Voldemar
- Valto
- List of Danish monarchs
- List of Swedish monarchs