Waldemar

Waldemar
	Valdemar I of Denmark
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 form(s)	Valdamarr, Valdemārs, Voldemārs, Valdis, Voldemar, Woldemar
Related names	Vladimir Volodymyr
See also	Robert (name with a similar meaning)

Waldemar, Valdemar 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.

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.

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

References

^ H. Munro Chadwick, Nora K. Chadwick (2010). The Growth of Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 118.
^ Alison Finlay (2004). Fagrskinna: A Catalogue of the Kings of Norway. Brill. p. 236.

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[1] H. Munro Chadwick, Nora K. Chadwick (2010). The Growth of Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 118.

[2] Alison Finlay (2004). Fagrskinna: A Catalogue of the Kings of Norway. Brill. p. 236.

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