In all the world, Вова (Vova 
, Вова 
, Wowa 
) is quite a common largely masculine, but uncommonly female first name. The first name Вова is characteristic of Moldova, where it is quite a common male name, Georgia, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Kazakhstan. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Russia, Moldova, and Egypt. Much less frequently, Вова is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Vova | Uzbekistan, Russia, Egypt, Malaysia, Moldova |
| Вова | Kazakhstan, Armenia, Russia, Moldova, Poland |
| Wowa | Germany, Russia, Malaysia, Belarus, Poland |
Lado, Ouladzimir, Uladzimir, Uładzimir, Vlad, Vladimer, Vladimir, Vladimiras, Vladimiro, Vladimirs, Vladimirus, Vladimír, Vladímir, Vlagyimir, Volodimir, Volodymyr, Vowa, Wladimir, Wladimir, Vladimir, Wolodymyr, Wova, Wołodymyr, Władimir, Włodzimierz, Włodzimir, Βλαδίμηρος, Влад, Владимер, Владимир, Владимирас, Владимиро, Владимирус, Владімір, Влодзимеж, Влодзімеж, Вовка, Вовчик, Володимир, Володымыр, Володька, Володя, Ладо, Уладзимир, Уладзімеж, Уладзімір, Վլադիմիր, וולודימיר, ולאד, ולדימיר, فلاديمير,
Вова is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Vladimir Harkonnen , the fictional character from Dune; Vladimir Sharapov , the fictional character in Arkady and Georgy Vayner's works, The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed; Grim Hunter , the fictional character in Marvel Comics; Vladimir , the character from Disney's Tangled and Grandpa , the character in The Munsters, and in many other works.
Ким, Андреев, Борисов, Данилов, Никитин, Новиков, Захаров, Семенов, Сергеев, Сидоров, Смирнов, Романов, Федоров, Кузнецов, Максимов, Михайлов, Алексеев, Дмитриев, Николаев, Васильев, Владимир, Степанов, Морозов, Шевченко, Миронов, Макаров, Котов, Белов, Белый, Гусев, Попов, Вован, Вовин, Жуков, Орлов, Ильин, Фомин, Пупкин, Козлов, Павлов, Петров, Волков, Власов, Зайцев, Иванов, Егоров, Чернов, Матвеев, and Колесников