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Gender Masculine
Usage Russian
Scripts Вадим(Russian)
Pronounced Pron. vu-DYEEM

Meaning & History

Meaning uncertain. It is used as a Russian form of the saintly name Bademus. Alternatively it may be derived from Slavic vaditi "to accuse, to argue" or from an Old Norse source. According to legend, this was the name of a legendary leader of the Ilmen Slavs who fought against the Varangians.