Waldemar
Waldemar, Valdemar, Valdimar, or Woldemar is an Old High German given name. It consists of the elements wald- "power", "brightness" and -mar "fame".
- German
- Polish
- Germanic
Meaning & Origin of Waldemar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
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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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Polish
- Germanic
The Story of Waldemar
Waldemar first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1891, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1915: 50 births, good for #868 nationwide. About 23% of every Waldemar on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Waldemar last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Waldemar
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Waldemar. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Waldek
- Waldomar
Notable people named Waldemar
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- 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)
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Names that sound like Waldemar
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About the name Waldemar
Waldemar is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1891 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Waldemar's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #868. Use the chart and map above to compare Waldemar's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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