Gender Male Region of origin Eastern Europe | Word/name Slavic | |
Vadim is a Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Slovene, Croatian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian masculine given name derived from the ancient Russian word vaditi (Russian: вадити, meaning to blame, to slander. Its long version, Vadimir, is now obsolete. This given name is highly popular in Russia (as Vadim), Ukraine (as Vadym) Belarus (as Vadzim), Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, and Bulgaria.
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