Boy · Slavic
Vlad
Say it: VLAHD
Meaning
From the Slavic root vlad 'rule', as a short form of names such as Vladislav.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A Wallachian princely name since the 14th century.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 463 babies given this name since 1995
- At its height in 2016, about 1 in 72,800 boys
- 16 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Vlad III the Impaler, prince of Wallachia
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Medieval Slavic chronicles and charters
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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