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Help[Opinions] Vadim?
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Knowing little about Russian/Slavic names, I think it sounds nice. It has distinct roots, so even in my culture it would be recognisable and wearable for a little boy.
It seems like a very serious name, though in Czech it’s literally “I bother” or “I annoy” so it doesn’t quite work in all Slavic languages.
Вадить (vadit') / вадити (vadyty) can be "to bother", or just "to affect in bad way". But I am told вадить is dialectal, only in Donbass. Even there we did not use it much. Раздражать (razdrazhat') is more common word in Russian, дратувати (dratuvaty) in Ukrainian, or some eastern dialects have роздратувати (rozdratuvaty). But in East Slavic languages "I" verbs end in -yu / -u not -im.
I never thought about вадить / вадити when I think about Vadim / Vadym.
I never thought about вадить / вадити when I think about Vadim / Vadym.
This message was edited 5/3/2025, 11:02 PM
Yeah, in Russian or more similar languages it doesn’t conjugate in a way that would affect the name. It makes sense that they don’t use the word as much in that way. In Czech the infinitive is also vadit, but when conjugated for I it is “vadim” and is pretty common usage.
It seems serious and mature. It would be a bit surprising to see on a toddler.
Seems very electric and striking.
I like it! It's very powerful, it has real presence.
I love Vadim!
It seems perfect for a fantasy villain (in English).
This message was edited 5/3/2025, 6:50 AM
The name does seem like a villian name, however a Russian villian may seem to obvious.