Ukrainian given name
Ukrainian names are given names that originated in Ukraine. In addition to the given names, Ukrainians also have patronymic and family names (surnames; see: ''Ukrainian surnames'').
Ukrainian given names
Diminutive and hypocoristic forms are ma ...
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Vadim
Vadim (Cyrillic: Вадим) is a Slavic masculine given name derived from the Ruthenian word ''vaditi'' (), meaning ''to blame'' or as a diminutive of Vadimir.Vadzim (Belarusian).
Notable people with the name include:
* Vadym Antipov (born 1988), Ukrainian football striker
* Vadym Bolokhan (born 1986), professional Moldovan football defender
* Vadym Deonas (born 1975), professional Ukrainian football goalkeeper
* Vadym Gutzeit (born 1971), Olympic champion fencer and Ukraine's Youth and Sport Minister
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Vadym Hetman
Vadym Petrovych Hetman (; 12 July 1935 – 22 April 1998) was a Ukrainian statesman, politician, and banker. He is credited with the creation of the National Bank of Ukraine, Ukraine's central bank. He was assassinated in April 1998 in his ho ...
(1935–1998), Ukrainian statesman and banker
* Vadym Ishmakov (born 1979), Ukrainian footballer
* Vadym Kalmykov, Paralympian athlete from Ukraine
* Vadym Kharchenko (born 1975), Ukrainian football midfielder
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Vadym Kolesnik
Vadym Kolesnik (born October 27, 2001) is an American ice dancer. With his skating partner, Emilea Zingas, he is the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist and 2023 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, 2023, 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Champio ...
(born 2001), Ukrainian-born ice dancer
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Vadym Kyrylov
Vadym Kyrylov (born 2 June 1981) is a Moldovan football forward who played for Naftovyk in the Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League ( ) or UPL is a professional association football league in Ukraine and the highest level o ...
(born 1981), Ukrainian football striker
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Vadym Meller
Vadym Heorhiiovych Meller (; 26 April 1884 – 4 May 1962) was a Ukrainian and Soviet painter, avant-garde Cubist, Constructivist and Expressionist artist, theatrical designer, book illustrator, and architect. In 1925 he was awarded a gold meda ...
(1884–1962), Ukrainian-Russian Soviet painter, theatrical designer, book illustrator and architect
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Vadym Melnyk
Vadym Melnyk (; born 16 May 1980) is a retired professional Ukrainian football defender.
Career Veres Rivne
In 1997 he moved to Veres Rivne in Ukrainian Second League, where in the season 1997–98, he played 36 matches and scored 2 goals a ...
(born 1980), professional Ukrainian football defender
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Vadym Milko
Vadym Ivanovych Milko (; born 22 August 1986) is a Ukrainian retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder
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(born 1986), professional Ukrainian football midfielder
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Vadym Panas
Vadym Panas (; born 23 May 1985) is a retired professional Ukrainian football midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the ...
(born 1985), professional Ukrainian football midfielder
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Vadym Rybalchenko
Vadym Rybalchenko (born 24 November 1988) is a Ukrainian former football
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(born 1988), professional Ukrainian football midfielder
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Vadym Sapay
Vadym Viktorovych Sapay (; born 7 February 1986) is a Ukrainian retired professional footballer who played as a left back.
Career
He joined Vorskla Poltava
FC Vorskla Poltava ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Poltava. ...
(born 1986), professional Ukrainian football midfielder
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Vadym Sosnykhin
Vadym Oleksandrovych Sosnykhin (, ) (10 August 1942 – 28 September 2003) was a Ukrainian football player. After his playing career together with Yevhen Rudakov worked as a children coach at the Dynamo football school.
Honours
* Soviet Top L ...
(1942–2003), Ukrainian Soviet football player
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Vadym Tyshchenko
Vadym Mykolayovych Tyshchenko or Vadim Nikolayevich Tishchenko (; 24 March 1963 – 14 December 2015) was a Soviet and Ukrainian association football player and Ukrainian coach.
Biography
Tyshchenko was born on 24 March 1963 in a small city ...
(born 1963), retired Soviet and Ukrainian football player and current football coach
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Vadym Yevtushenko
Vadym Anatolyovich Yevtushenko () (born 1 January 1958) is a Ukrainian professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder or striker (association football), striker.
Career
During his career he played almost exclusively for ...