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Valdis

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Short form of VOLDEMĀRS and other Latvian names containing the Germanic/Baltic element wald "rule".

	VOLDEMāRS   male   Latvian Latvian cognate of WALDEMAR.
		WALDEMAR   male   German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish Germanic derivative of the Slavic name VLADIMIR (or perhaps a cognate composed of the Germanic elements wald "rule" and meri "famous"). It was introduced into Scandinavia by the 12th-century Danish king Waldemar (or Valdemar) who was named after a royal ancestor of his Ukrainian mother.
			VLADIMIR   male   Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic Derived from the Slavic element vladeti "rule" combined with meru "great, famous". The second element has also been associated with miru meaning "peace, world". This was the name of an 11th-century Grand Prince of Kiev who is venerated as a saint because of his efforts to Christianize his realm (Kievan Rus). It was also borne by the founder of the former Soviet state, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924).