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Help[Opinions] Re: Valdemar
in reply to a message by Ull
I can only speak of what it might be like where I live (US). It would be less than totally usable for someone in my demographic IMO, because it sounds like Voldemort and because it just seems to have sort of a severe old fashioned style. (I personally don't think it sounds like Vladimir, nor do I think the association with Putin would ruin Vladimir esp. considering it's such a frequent Russian name) But I think if someone from another country or culture bore it here - it was actually the name of a person, and not just a name to give opinions on - nobody where I live would react. Americans might not particularly like it, for reasons such as mine or your friend's. For whatever it's worth, there's a Vladimir (or maybe two?) at my kids' school and of course they are Russian and it's no problem. A Valdemar whose parents weren't American would also have no problem. I don't feel like I myself could use Vladimir, nor Valdemar, without getting negative inital reactions. But even so, people would get used to it. It's not bad, and anyway he could be called Val which seems kind of cool.
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I agree
It sort of sounds like Voldemort, but not enough that people would make a big deal about it.
Mainly it comes across as foreign to me. A nickname like Val or Demi would make it seem more modern/familiar/usable here.
It also reminds me of Aldemar and Audamar, both of which I like.
I didn't think of Vladimir initially; I also don't immediately connect Vladimir with Putin.
It sort of sounds like Voldemort, but not enough that people would make a big deal about it.
Mainly it comes across as foreign to me. A nickname like Val or Demi would make it seem more modern/familiar/usable here.
It also reminds me of Aldemar and Audamar, both of which I like.
I didn't think of Vladimir initially; I also don't immediately connect Vladimir with Putin.
This message was edited 9/26/2015, 1:26 PM
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Thanks for your response. My name isn't great in English speaking countries (hard to pronounce) and I don't want to pick a name for a child that won't work at all in an international setting. Val is not a bad nickname. Here it would probably be Valle.
I live in Sweden so it is not a weird name here, kind of old fashioned though, and not common at the moment. It didn't make the top 100 last year, but Vidar, Vilgot, and Vilhelm did and I think those and Valdemar were all very pretty common about 100 years ago so maybe Valdemar will return soon too. (Not that I necessarily need it to be a top 100 name)
I live in Sweden so it is not a weird name here, kind of old fashioned though, and not common at the moment. It didn't make the top 100 last year, but Vidar, Vilgot, and Vilhelm did and I think those and Valdemar were all very pretty common about 100 years ago so maybe Valdemar will return soon too. (Not that I necessarily need it to be a top 100 name)
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