Waldemar
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| Gender | masculine |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Germanic |
| Meaning | "power"+"fame"; "powerful and famous", "brightness"+"fame"; "bright and famous" |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Valdemar, Waldomar, Waldek |
| Variant forms | Valdamarr, Valdemārs, Valdimar, Voldemārs, Valdis, Voldemar, Woldemar |
| Related names | Vladimir, Volodymyr |
| See also | Robert (name with a similar meaning) |
Waldemar, Valdemar, Valdimar, or Woldemar is an Old High German given name. It consists of the elements wald- "power", "brightness" and -mar "fame".
The name is considered the equivalent of the Latvian name Valdemārs, the Estonian name Voldemar, and the Slavic names Vladimir, Volodymyr, Uladzimir or Włodzimierz.[citation needed]
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).[1][2] The Fagrskinna kings' sagas also have Valdamarr, in reference to both Vladimir the Great and Vladimir Yaroslavovich.[citation needed]
People with the name include:
Royalty
- Ordered chronologically
- Valdemar I of Denmark or Waldemar the Great (1131–1182), King of Denmark
- Valdemar of Denmark (bishop) (1157/1158–1235 or 1236), posthumous illegitimate son of King Canute V of Denmark
- Valdemar II of Denmark or Waldemar the Victorious (1170–1241), King of Denmark, one of the principal commanders of the Livonian Crusade
- Valdemar the Young (1209–1231)
- Valdemar, King of Sweden (1239–1302)
- Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal or Waldemar the Great (c. 1280–1319)
- False Waldemar (died 1356), an imposter who claimed to be Waldemar the Great
- Valdemar, Duke of Finland (c. 1282–1318)
- Valdemar III of Denmark (1314–1364)
- Waldemar I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (died 1368)
- Waldemar II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (died 1371)
- Valdemar IV of Denmark (c. 1320–1375)
- Waldemar III, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (died 1391)
- Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858–1939)
- 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 above
- Prince Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe (1940–2020)
- Woldemar, Prince of Lippe (1824–1895)
Others
A–F
- Waldemar Ager (1869–1941), Norwegian-American newspaperman and author
- Waldemar Anton (born 1996), Uzbekistani-born German footballer
- Waldemar Aspelin (1854–1923), Finnish architect
- Woldemar Bargiel (1828–1897), German composer
- Waldemar Bastos (1954–2020), Angolan musician
- Waldemar Baszanowski (1935–2011), Polish weightlifter
- Waldemar Bonsels (1880–1952), German writer
- Waldemar Caerel Hunter (1919–1968), Indonesian actor
- Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (geologist) (1851–1940), Norwegian geologist
- Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (writer) (1911–1991), Norwegian writer
- Valdemar Costa Neto (born 1949), Brazilian politician
- Waldemar Cierpinski (born 1950), East German athlete
- Waldemar Erfurth (1879–1971), German general
G–N
- Waldemar Haffkine (1860–1930), Ukrainian bacteriologist
- Woldemar Hägglund (1893–1963), Finnish major general during World War II
- Waldemar Hansteen (1857–1921), Norwegian architect
- Waldemar Hoven (1903–1948), German Nazi physician involved in Nazi euthanasia programs, executed for war crimes
- Waldemar Hvoslef (1825–1906), Norwegian Lutheran bishop
- Waldemar Januszczak (born 1956), British art critic
- Woldemar Kernig (1840–1917), Russian and Baltic German internist and neurologist whose medical discoveries saved thousands of people with meningitis
- Waldemar Klingelhöfer (1900–1980), German Nazi SS-Sturmbannführer (Major) and convicted war criminal
- Waldemar Kophamel (1880–1934), German U-boat commanding officer in the Imperial German Navy during World War I
- Waldemar Legień (born 1963), Polish judoka
- Waldemar Lemos (born 1954), Brazilian football (soccer) manager
- Waldemar Levy Cardoso (1900–2009), field marshal of the Brazilian Army
- Waldemar Lindgren (1860–1939), Swedish-American geologist, one of the founders of modern economic geology
- Woldemar von Löwendal (1700–1755), German military officer
- Waldemar Łysiak (born 1944), Polish writer
- Waldemar Maciszewski (1927–1956), Polish pianist and composer
- Waldemar Matuška (1932–2009), Czechoslovak singer
- Waldemar Milewicz (1956–2004), Polish journalist
N–Z
- Waldemar Olszewski (1931–2020), Polish lymphologist
- Waldemar Pabst (1880–1970), German soldier and political activist, one of the principal commanders of the German Revolution of 1918–1919
- Waldemar Pawlak (born 1959), Polish politician
- Valdemar Poulsen (1869–1942), Danish inventor
- Waldemar Prusik (born 1961), Polish footballer
- Waldemar Sorychta (born 1967), German heavy metal musician and record producer
- Waldemar Starosta (born 1961), Polish politician
- Waldemar Thrane (1790–1828), Norwegian composer, violinist and conductor
- Waldemar Verner (1914–1982), chief of the East German Volksmarine (People's Navy)
- Waldemar Victorino (1952–2023), Uruguayan football player
- Woldemar Voigt (1850–1919), German physician
- Waldemar Caerel Hunter (1919–1968), Indonesian actor
- Waldemar Witkowski (born 1953), Polish politician
- Waldemar Wilenius (1868–1940), Finnish architect
- Waldemar Young (1878–1938), American screenwriter
As a surname
- Edith Waldemar Leverton (1868–1955), English writer and editor