Włodzimierz (given name)

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Pronunciation [vwɔˈd͡ʑimʲɛʂ] Language(s) Polish Region of origin Poland		Gender male Word/name Slavic
Meaning włod ("to rule, ruler") + mir ("peace, prestige, world")

Włodzimierz is a Polish variant of the Slavic name Vladimir, built of two elements: włod ("to rule, ruler") and mir ("peace, world, prestige"). The name may refer to:

List of people with the given name Włodzimierz

Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (born 1950), Polish politician

Włodzimierz Dzieduszycki (1825–1899), Polish noble (szlachcic), landowner, naturalist, political activist, collector and patron of arts

Włodzimierz Kotoński (1925–2014), Polish composer

Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski (1824–1887), Polish military leader and a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War

Włodzimierz Lubański (born 1947), Polish football player

Włodzimierz Schmidt (born 1943), Polish chess grandmaster

Włodzimierz Smolarek (born 1957), retired Polish football player

Włodzimierz Sokorski (1908–1999), Polish communist activist, writer, military journalist and eventually a Brigadier General

Włodzimierz Tetmajer (1861–1923), Polish painter

Włodzimierz Zawadzki (born 1967), Polish wrestler

Wlodzimierz Perzynski (1877–1930), Polish writer and dramatist

Wlodzimierz Ksiazek (born 1951), contemporary New England painter

References

Włodzimierz (given name) Wikipedia

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