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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Vadim

Gender

Male

Origin

Unknown
Hebrew
God is my strength

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Vadim

Pronunciation

v(a)-dim

Famous People

French Director Roger Vadim (né Roger Vadim Plemiannikov)

More about the name

Vadim (Cyrillic: Вадим) is a Slavic masculine given name derived from the Ruthenian word vaditi (Russian: вадити), meaning to blame or as a diminutive of Vadimir. Ukrainian language: Vadym; Belarusian language: Vadzim.
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Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2002 (rank #3253, 27 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10695, 6 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
20256
20249
20238
20228
202115
202010
201913
201816
201720
201617

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #2802, 7 births); most recent 2024 (rank #5115, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
20243
20234
2022–
2021–
2020–
20193
20184
20173
20167

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #353, 179 births); most recent 2023 (rank #594, 73 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202373
202293
2021132
2020150
2019144
2018166
2017161
2016177
2015177
2014158

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2008 (rank #698, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence