Vadim (Cyrillic: Вадим) is a Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Slovene and Macedonian masculine given name derived either from the Persian badian (anise or aniseed), or from the ancient Russian word volod (Russian: волод), meaning to rule or vaditi (Russian: вадити), meaning to blame.

What does Vadim mean in Greek?

Baby name meanings, origin and religion. Vadim is a unique name, NOT a truncation of Vladimir. Vadim comes from the Slavic vedet. It still exists in Czech, Polish but it is mainly popular in Russia. ( Slavic meaning) "A powerful ruler" and in addition "the knowing one" (Greek meaning) "deceiving and unpredictable"

Is Vadim same as Vladimir?

The name Vadim is a boy's name of Russian origin meaning "attractive". Shorter, more palatable form of Vladimir, best known as the surname of French director Roger.