Valdis

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Valdis is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Latvia than in any other country, where it is the 43rd most common given name.

rarermore common
  • LVLatvia1 in 333(measured from records)
  • ISIceland1 in 985
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 16K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Latvia (measured from records)

5,644 people

Sources
96 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 333 (inferred from the name graph)

Latvia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Latvian

ezers Valkas novada Ērģemes pagastā, Turnas ezeru grupā, platība - 24,8 ha, garums - 900 m, lielākais platums - 350 m, vidējais dziļums - 6,3 m, lielākais dziļums - 14,1 m; Vadžu ezers; Valža ezers; Valžezers; Valžu ezers

Sources 1

  • Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Valdis counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Valdis is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
LV Latvia#435,6441 in 3335.6KValdis87
IS Iceland—3561 in 985356——
US United States—2651 in 1.3M249Valdis96
SE Sweden—1341 in 76K134Valdis10
LT Lithuania—≈130 est.≈1 in 22KlistedValdis14
EE Estonia#747≈77 est.≈1 in 16K104Valdis7

5,644 people counted by PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); the lt-vlkk-vardai register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Valdis is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Latvia, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Valdís

  • Icelandic given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Iceland, Denmark, United States, Latvia

    Languages: Icelandic, Danish

    Also written Valdís

  • Portuguese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Latvia, United States

    Also written Valdís

  • Russian given name18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

    Also written Валдис, Валдіс, Валдыс, Вальдис, Waldis

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Latvia, United States, Congo - Kinshasa

    Also written Valdís

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Valdís

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Valdis is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latvian, Vīrieša vārds

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In German, männl. Vom. lettischer Herkunft (zu lett. valdft »herrschen«: »Herrscher«).

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1920194019601980Valdis Muižnieks, b. 1935Valdis Liepiņš, b. 1939Valdis Birkavs, b. 1942Valdís Óskarsdóttir, b. 1950Valdis Zatlers, b. 1955Valdis Valters, b. 1957Valdis Muktupāvels, b. 1958Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, b. 1962Valdis Pelšs, b. 1967Valdis Dombrovskis, b. 1971

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 31 sources across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Valdis
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
LV LatviaPMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register)—5.6K—
LV LatviaPMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup)—5.6K#85
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020249#32,025
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—134#7,004
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—104#676
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)200345—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)200045—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)200444—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)200244—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)200144—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)199944—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)200542—

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Valdis a male or female name?
Valdis is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
What are other forms of the name Valdis?
In the etymology graph, Vladimir, Waldemar and Valdemar are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Voldemārs and Visvaldis.
In which country does Valdis have the most bearers?
In Latvia, the national register counted about 5.6 thousand people named Valdis, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled valdis.
Where is Valdis most common?
Valdis is densest in Latvia, where the national register counts about 1 in 333 people carrying it.
How common is the name Valdis?
In Latvia, the national register counted 5,644 people named Valdis, about 1 in 333 residents.
How common is Valdis compared with other names?
In Latvia, Valdis is the 43rd most common given name of 11,601 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Valdis” — the 43rd most common given name in Latvia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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