Vadim

For other uses, see Vadim (disambiguation).

Vadim (Cyrillic: Вадим) is a Slavic masculine given name derived from the Ruthenian word vaditi (Russian: вадити), meaning to blame or as a diminutive of Vadimir.^[1] Ukrainian language: Vadym; Belarusian language: Vadzim. Notable people with the name include:

Vadim

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Slavic
Region of origin	Eastern Europe
Other names
Variant form(s)	Vadik, Vadya

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 (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 (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