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Also known as Waldemar (given name), Waldemar (first name)

Waldemar, Valdemar, Valdimar, or Woldemar is an Old High German given name. It consists of the elements wald- "power", "brightness" and -mar "fame".

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male given name
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native label
Waldemar
writing system
Latin script
Soundex
W435
Cologne phonetics
35267
Caverphone
WTM111
language of work or name
Polish
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Waldemar (given name)
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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.

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