In the world, Valdis (Valdis 
, Валдис 
, Валдіс ) is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but scarcely feminine forename. The forename Valdis is characteristic of Northern Europe, particularly Latvia, where it is quite a common boy's name, Iceland, where it is quite a common feminine name, and Lithuania, where it is quite a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Latvia, the United States, and Russia. Much less frequently, Valdis is the last name as well as the forename.
Valdis is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| valdis lesiņš Latvian writer, LV (b. 1881) |
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valdis liepiņš Latvian politician and economist, LV (b. 1939) |
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valdis birkavs Latvian politician, LV (b. 1942) |
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| valdis kalnroze Russian painter (1894-1993), LV (b. 1894) |
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| valdis šlakāns Latvian politician (1898-1951), LV (b. 1898) |
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| valdis plade Latvian footballer, LV (b. 1900) |
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valdis skujiņš Latvian musician and politician, LV (b. 1951) |
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valdis ģīlis Deputy of the 9th Saeima, LV (b. 1954) |
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valdis zatlers President of Latvia, LV (b. 1955) |
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| valdis lukss Soviet writer and journalist (1905-1985), LV (b. 1905) |
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| valdis grēviņš LV (b. 1895) |
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valdis muktupāvels Latvian composer and ethnomusicologist, LV (b. 1958) |
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valdis kalnozols Latvian businessperson and politician, LV (b. 1962) |
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valdis pelšs Russian actor, RU (b. 1967) |
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| valdis neimanis LV (b. 1908) |
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