Vlad Forename

10,461st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 97,110 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Vlad Forename User-submission:

The name Vladislav (Владислав) comes from the root words vlad (влад), derived from word владеть, meaning 'to own', and slav (слав), derived from word слава, meaning 'fame' or 'glory'. Therefore meaning of the name Vladislav is 'one who owns fame'.

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Vlad Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania
100%
81,7011:24553
United States
100%
3,4931:103,7904,562
Poland
100%
2,3561:16,141619
Canada
100%
2,0091:16,4921,600
Germany
100%
7221:133,9032,481
England
100%
6271:88,6813,481
Armenia
99%
 
5081:5,746650
Australia-3911:34,9301,925
Latvia-3821:5,277490
Azerbaijan
99%
 
3251:29,6712,313
Israel
99%
 
2771:30,3352,367
Portugal-2401:43,3791,571
Italy
93%
 
2371:257,6463,400
Saudi Arabia-2331:132,24312,172
France
100%
2321:286,5103,992
Netherlands
100%
2251:75,1204,379
Egypt-2171:423,50712,330
Estonia
100%
2111:6,234862
Spain
100%
2091:222,6314,304
Greece
100%
1931:56,6561,888
Moldova
100%
1531:23,275664
Morocco-1361:252,5646,008
Lithuania-1261:23,428858
Ukraine
99%
 
1221:372,9501,839
New Zealand-1141:39,7902,376
Georgia
98%
 
1121:33,3791,923
Denmark-1071:52,7991,970
Belgium
100%
1021:112,6473,656
Japan-1021:1,254,76516,430
Thailand
100%
911:769,95431,294
Ireland
100%
861:53,9941,713
Brazil
100%
821:2,612,63650,582
Sweden
100%
781:126,3835,084
Serbia-611:117,1432,930
Switzerland
100%
531:154,9724,028
Angola-491:550,3391,990
Austria
100%
451:189,2042,926
Bulgaria
100%
431:162,5674,516
Jamaica-321:90,1014,037
Philippines
100%
311:3,419,66165,885
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
South Africa
100%
281:1,947,59558,611
Mexico-251:4,965,77720,003
Argentina
100%
241:1,782,2187,077
China-231:59,393,73062,751
Hungary
100%
231:425,7291,669
Norway
100%
231:223,1455,396
South Korea-231:241,0628,475
Turkey
100%
221:3,536,44118,981
Scotland
100%
201:267,5184,251
Dominican Republic-191:549,01414,985
Finland
100%
181:304,6214,354
Abkhazia
100%
171:14,319938
Czechia
52%
 
151:710,4112,940
India-141:86,776,9981,237,414
Qatar
100%
131:182,27721,851
Albania
100%
111:276,96112,691
Cyprus
100%
111:79,1892,418
Indonesia-111:23,451,243565,442
Kyrgyzstan
100%
101:597,32817,002
Pakistan-101:19,435,768100,312
Singapore
100%
101:628,70512,270
Slovakia-101:531,0062,372
Wales
100%
101:309,4314,737
Congo
100%
91:556,5789,819
Iceland-81:45,7522,854
Luxembourg
100%
81:70,5062,305
Cambodia
100%
71:2,324,76125,689
United Arab Emirates-71:1,021,71339,786
Nigeria-61:29,594,060217,150
Slovenia
100%
61:409,7935,154
Algeria-51:7,635,34412,071
Russia-51:28,846,74173,146
Afghanistan
100%
41:8,155,87935,337
Bermuda-41:16,2061,525
Croatia
100%
41:1,054,2699,352
DR Congo-41:18,456,90195,891
Hong Kong-41:1,938,1818,439
Iraq-41:8,754,46516,071
Monaco-41:9,6161,312
Tunisia-41:169,2267,289
Bosnia and Herzegovina-31:1,174,8196,090
Costa Rica-31:1,589,31614,648
Cuba-31:3,835,5178,849
Ecuador-31:5,908,97318,111
Malaysia
100%
31:10,149,980208,386
Taiwan
100%
31:7,923,22799,341
Venezuela
100%
31:10,067,298111,314
Benin-21:5,287,92261,990
Cape Verde-21:264,5764,841
Colombia-21:23,889,46363,722
El Salvador-21:3,170,89311,665
Haiti-21:5,363,47632,317
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
Ivory Coast-21:11,537,96695,271
Jordan
100%
21:4,413,3878,826
Kazakhstan
100%
21:8,873,42235,327
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Liechtenstein-21:18,928806
Montenegro-21:317,2883,822
Oman-21:2,054,3348,531
Trinidad and Tobago-21:680,71023,658
United States Virgin Islands-21:54,8743,819
Vietnam-21:46,311,5567,272
Northern Ireland
100%
11:1,843,1463,737
Andorra-11:82,8871,356
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Bhutan-11:824,9286,865
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Chile-11:17,607,20848,996
Equatorial Guinea-11:1,137,6891,044
Eritrea-11:4,752,977997
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Gabon-11:1,883,3364,538
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Guatemala-11:16,108,42913,998
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Lebanon
100%
11:5,627,57119,299
Liberia-11:4,412,06136,340
Libya-11:6,221,3093,060
North Macedonia
100%
11:2,090,75715,787
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Northern Cyprus-11:318,1333,044
Peru
100%
11:31,791,454110,866
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Saint Pierre and Miquelon-11:6,315385
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Syria-11:19,306,0759,560
Yemen-11:26,296,75114,474
Zimbabwe-11:15,423,817113,731

Vlad (53,453) may also be a surname.

Vlad Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The name Vladislav (Владислав) comes from the root words vlad (влад), derived from word владеть, meaning 'to own', and slav (слав), derived from word слава, meaning 'fame' or 'glory'. Therefore meaning of the name Vladislav is 'one who owns fame'. Vlad and Vladik are diminutive forms of this name.

- ya.platosha

Vlad Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vladė89109/
Vladd8952/
Vlads8924/
Vlaad8922/
Vllad8913/
Vladz894/
Vladh892/
Vladt892/
Vladp892/
Vlaid891/
Vla86479/
Villad8013/
Vellad803/
Vladch803/
Vllads802/
Vladdd801/
Vlaads801/
Vladsh801/
Vlas753,248/
Wlad751,044/
Blad75200/
Vlat7563/
Vlya7551/
Vlod7544/
Vlla7514/
Vlay7510/
Vlah755/
Vlia755/
Vlaz754/
Vlai754/
Vlau752/
Vlea752/
Vlha752/
Vlaj751/
Vlap751/
Vlaa751/
Hvla751/
Villads73219/
Vladova7323/
Villadh731/
Vellaid731/
Villa6715,742/
Vella677,807/
Vlash67487/
Blaid67172/
Blaud6775/
Vlait6733/
Vlass6728/
Vlast6725/
Wlead6719/
Vylla6713/
Blyad6711/
Blayd6711/
Vllas6710/
Vlyat679/
Wlyad677/
Viewlada676/
Vliay676/
Blead675/
Vloyd674/
Bladd674/
Vlach673/
Vlais673/
Wlaid673/
Wladt673/
Vliat672/
Wlads672/
Wladd672/
Bladt672/
Vlaha672/
Vlaus672/
Vlaai671/
Vleud671/
Vilaeide671/
Vlath671/
Vleid671/
Vwlia671/
Bliad671/
Vllaz671/
Vlhas671/
Vlgai671/
Vlazė671/
Vlaas671/
Blaïd671/
Vlatt671/
Vlate671/
Vlahe671/
Vëlla671/
Wlayd671/
Wlatd671/
Vlloa671/
Bladh671/

Vlad Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vlad in the Russian language
Владvlad-

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