Vadim

Vadim (Cyrillic: Вадим) is a Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Slovene masculine given name derived from the Ruthenian word volod (волод), meaning to rule or vaditi (вадити), meaning to blame. Its long version, Vadimir, is now obsolete. This given name is highly popular in Russia (as Vadim), Ukraine (as Vadym), Belarus (as Vadzim), Moldova, and Slovenia.

Given name

 * Bademus or Vadim (died 376), Persian martyr and saint widely venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church
 * Vadim the Bold legendary chieftain
 * 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 (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 Perelman (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 (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

Surname

 * Christian Vadim (born 1963), French actor, son of Roger
 * David Vadim (born 1972), Russian actor
 * Roger Vadim (1928–2000), French screenwriter, film director and producer