Volodymyr

Volodymyr
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Ukrainian
Meaning	"ruler of the world", "ruler of peace" / "famous power", "bright and famous"
Region of origin	Ukraine
Other names
Related names	Vladimir, Włodzimierz, Waldek, Waldemar, Woldemar, Voldemārs, Voldemar, Uladzimir, Valdimar, Vladimiros
See also	Robert (name with the same meaning)

Volodymyr (Ukrainian: Володи́мир, romanized: Volodýmyr, pronounced [woloˈdɪmɪr], Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ, romanized: Volodiměrŭ) 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 is Володимѣръ Volodiměr, which in other Slavic languages became Vladimir (from Church Slavonic: Владимѣръ, romanized: Vladiměr).

Diminutives include Volodyk, Volodia, Lodgo and Vlodko.

People named Volodymyr include:

Volodymyr the Great (aka St. Volodymyr, Volodymyr I of Kyiv), Grand Prince of Kyiv
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 Boyko (1938–2015), Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician
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 Gerun (born 1994), Ukrainian basketball player
Volodymyr Groysman (born 1978), Prime Minister of Ukraine (2016–19)
Volodymyr Herashchenko (born 1968), Ukrainian footballer
Volodymyr Holubnychy (1936–2021), Ukrainian race walker
Volodymyr Homenyuk (born 1985), Ukrainian footballer
Volodymyr Horbulin (born 1939), Ukrainian politician, head of the Council for Foreign and Security Policy, former secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, former head of the National Space Agency of Ukraine
Volodymyr Horilyi (born 1965), Soviet-Ukrainian football defender
Volodymyr Huba (1938–2020), Ukrainian composer
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 Kedrowsky (1890–1970), political activist, diplomat, writer, and a colonel in the army of the Ukrainian People's Republic
Volodymyr Kilikevych (born 1983), Ukrainian footballer
Volodymyr Kozyavkin (1947–2022), Ukrainian physician and scientist
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 Matvienko (born 1938), Ukrainian economist and politician
Volodymyr Mykhailenko (born 1973), Ukrainian decathlete
Volodymyr Nikolaychuk (born 1975), Ukrainian backstroke swimmer
Volodymyr Ohryzko (born 1956), Ukrainian diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine from 2007 to 2009
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 Polovets, Ukrainian historian
Volodymyr Polyovyi (born 1985), Ukrainian football defender
Volodymyr Pryyomov (born 1986), Ukrainian football player
Volodymyr Raskatov (1957–2014), Ukrainian swimmer
Volodymyr Romaniuk (1925–1995), the Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate
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 Sosiura (1898–1965) Ukrainian poet
Volodymyr Starchyk (born 1980), Ukrainian racing cyclist
Volodymyr Sydorenko (born 1976) Ukrainian former boxer
Volodymyr Tkachenko (swimmer) (born 1965), Ukrainian swimmer who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics
Volodymyr Troshkin (1947–2020), Soviet-Ukrainian football player and coach
Volodymyr Vynnychenko (1880–1951), Ukrainian political activist, writer, playwright, artist, first Prime Minister of Ukraine
Volodymyr Yezerskiy (born 1976), Ukrainian football defender
Volodymyr Zelenskyy (born 1978), current President of Ukraine, former actor and comedian
Volodymyr Zyuskov (born 1981), Ukrainian long jumper

See also