Vlado

Short form of VLADIMIR and other Slavic names beginning with the element vladeti meaning "rule".

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).
FULL FORMS
BULGARIAN: Vladimir, Vladislav
CROATIAN: Ladislav, Vladimir, Vladislav
MACEDONIAN: Vladimir
SERBIAN: Vladimir, Vladislav
SLOVAK: Ladislav, Vladimír, Vladislav
SLOVENE: Ladislav, Vladimir, Vladislav
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Waldomar
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Valdimárr
BELARUSIAN: Uladzimir
BULGARIAN: Vlado
CROATIAN: Vlado, Vlatko
CZECH: Ladislav, Vladan, Vladimír, Vladislav
DANISH: Valdemar, Waldemar
FINNISH: Valdemar, Valto
GEORGIAN: Lado, Vladimer
GERMAN: Waldemar
HISTORY: Ladislas, Ladislaus
HUNGARIAN: Laci, László
ITALIAN: Ladislao
LATVIAN: Valdis, Voldemārs
LITHUANIAN: Valdas, Valdemaras, Vladimiras, Voldemaras
MACEDONIAN: Vlado, Vlatko
MEDIEVAL SLAVIC: Vlad, Vladimeru, Vladimir, Vladislav, Volodimeru, Volodislavu
NORWEGIAN: Valdemar, Waldemar
POLISH: Waldek, Waldemar, Władek, Władysław, Włodek, Włodzimierz, Włodzisław
ROMANIAN: Vlad
RUSSIAN: Slava, Vlad, Vladilen, Vladimir, Vladislav, Vladlen, Volodya, Vova
SERBIAN: Vladan, Vlado, Vlatko
SLOVAK: Vladan, Vlado
SLOVENE: Vlado
SWEDISH: Valdemar, Waldemar
UKRAINIAN: Volodymyr, Wolodymyr
FEMININE FORMS
CROATIAN: Vladimira, Vlatka
CZECH: Ladislava, Vladimíra, Vladislava
POLISH: Władysława
RUSSIAN: Vladislava
SLOVAK: Ladislava, Vladimíra
SLOVENE: Vladimira