Vadim (

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: Вадим) is a Slavic masculine given name derived from the Ruthenian word ''vaditi'' (), meaning ''to blame'' or as a diminutive of Vadimir."ВАДИМ, -а, м. Ст.-русск"
''Dictionary of Russian Names''.

Ukrainian language Ukrainian (, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Ukraine. It is the first language, first (native) language of a large majority of Ukrainians. Written Ukrainian uses the Ukrainian alphabet, a variant of t ...

: Vadym;

Belarusian language Belarusian (, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language. It is one of the two Languages of Belarus, official languages in Belarus, the other being Russian language, Russian. It is also spoken in parts of Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Polan ...

: Vadzim. Notable people with the name include:

Mononymic

* Vadim the Bold legendary chieftain * DJ Vadim, Russian-English DJ and record producer

Other

* Vadim Abdrashitov (1945–2023), Russian film director * Vadim Alekseyev (born 1970), Soviet-Israeli swimmer * Vadim Antonov (born 1965), Russian-American software engineer and entrepreneur * Vadim Bakatin (1937–2022), former Soviet politician * Vadim Belyaev, Russian banker * Vadim Boreț (born 1976), Moldovan football manager and former player * Vadim Cemîrtan (born 1987), Moldovan footballer * Vadim Cobîlaș (born 1983), Moldovan rugby union player * Vadim Crîcimari (born 1988), Moldovan footballer * Vadim Devyatovskiy (born 1977), Belarusian hammer thrower *

Vadim Evseev Vadim Valentinovich Yevseyev ( rus, Вади́м Валенти́нович Евсе́ев, p=vɐˈdʲim vəlʲɪnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ jɪfˈsʲe(j)ɪf; born 8 January 1976) is a Russian association football, football coach and a former player. H ...

(born 1976), Russian soccer player * Vadim Garbuzov (born 1987), Austrian dancer * Vadym Gutzeit (born 1971), Ukrainian Olympic champion sabre fencer * Vadim Jean (born 1963), British film director * Vadim Khamuttskikh (born 1969), Russian volleyball player * Vadim Khomitsky (born 1982), Russian ice hockey player * Vadim Krasnoselsky (born 1970), Transnistrian politician * Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev (born 1983), Kazakhstani ice hockey player * Vadim Mogilnitsky (1935–2012), Russian mathematics teacher, musicologist, translator and poet * Vadim Muntagirov (born 1990), Russian ballet dancer, principal dancer of The Royal Ballet in London * Vadim Naumov (1969–2025), Russian pair skater *

Vadim Perelman Vadim Perelman (; born 8 September 1963) is a Ukrainians , Ukrainian-Canadians, Canadian-Americans, American film director. Perelman made his feature film directorial debut in 2003 with ''House of Sand and Fog (film), House of Sand and Fog'', fol ...

(born 1963), Russo-American director and producer * Vadim Petrov (1932–2020), Czech music educator * Vadim Pirogan (1921–2007), Bessarabian activist and author * Vadim Rață (born 1993), Moldovan footballer * Vadim Repin (born 1971), Russian violinist * Vadim Sashurin (born 1970), Belarusian biathlete *

Vadim Shipachyov Vadim Alexandrovich Shipachyov (; born 12 March 1987) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward for Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previously played for Severstal Cherepovets, SKA Saint Petersburg, HC Dynamo Mosco ...

(born 1987), Russian ice hockey player * Vadim Tikunov (1921–1980), Soviet politician * Vadim Tudor (1949–2015), Romanian politician * Wadim Tyszkiewicz (born 1958), Polish politician, born in Belarus * Vadims Vasiļevskis (born 1982), Latvian athlete * Vadim Yefremovich (1903–1989), Soviet mathematician * Vadim Yusov (1929–2013), Soviet and Russian cinematographer * Vadim Shishimarin (born 2000), Russian war criminal

References

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