Vlad is a Romanian male given name. It is more commonly a nativized
hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...
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Vladislav
Vladislav ( be, Уладзіслаў (', '); pl, Władysław, ; Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, sh-Cyrl, Владислав) is a male given name of Slavic origin. Variations include ''Volodislav'', ''Vlastislav'' and ''Vlaslav' ...
and can also be used as a surname. It may refer to:
Given name
People
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Vlad I of Wallachia (), ''voivode'' (prince) of Wallachia
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Vlad II Dracul
Vlad II ( ro, Vlad al II-lea), also known as Vlad Dracul () or Vlad the Dragon (before 1395 – November 1447), was Voivode of Wallachia from 1436 to 1442, and again from 1443 to 1447. He is internationally known as the father of Vlad the Im ...
(before 1395 – 1448), ''voivode'' of Wallachia
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Vlad the Impaler
Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler ( ro, Vlad Țepeș ) or Vlad Dracula (; ro, Vlad Drăculea ; 1428/311476/77), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77. He is often considered one of the most im ...
(1428/31 – 1476/77), ''voivode'' of Wallachia as Vlad III, inspiration for the character Count Dracula
* Vlad Călugărul (before 1425? – 1495), ''voivode'' of Wallachia as Vlad IV, half-brother of Vlad the Impaler
* Vlad cel Tânăr (1494–1512), ''voivode'' of Wallachia as Vlad V
* Vlad VI Înecatul (c. 1508 – 1532), ''voivode'' of Wallachia
* Vlad Vintilă de la Slatina (died 1535), ''voivode'' of Wallachia as Vlad VII
* Vlad Achim (born 1989), Romanian footballer
* Vlad Bădălicescu (born 1988), Romanian rugby union footballer
* Vlad Bujor (born 1989), Romanian footballer
* Vlad Chiricheș (born 1989), Romanian footballer
* Vlad Danale (born 1998), Romanian footballer
* Vlad Dragomir (born 1999), Romanian footballer
* Vladimir Vlad Filat (born 1969), Moldovan businessman and politician, former Prime Minister of Moldova
* Vlad Goian (born 1970), Moldovan football manager and former player
* Vladimir Guerrero (born 1975), Dominican retired Major League Baseball player
* Vlad Hagiu, (born 1963), Romanian water polo coach
* Vlad Ioviță (1935–1983), Moldovan writer
* Vladimir Vlad Ivanov (born 1969), Romanian actor
* Vlado Kreslin (born 1953), Slovene singer, songwriter and musician
* DJ Vlad, Vlad Lyubovny (born 1973), commonly known as DJ Vlad, Ukrainian-born American interviewer, journalist and director
* Vlad Miriță (born 1981), Romanian singer
* Vlad Moldoveanu (born 1988), Romanian basketball player
* Vlad Morar (born 1993), Romanian footballer
* Vlad Munteanu (born 1981), Romanian retired footballer
* Vlad Muțiu (born 1995), Romanian football goalkeeper
* Vlad Nistor (rugby union) (born 1994), Romanian rugby union player
* Vlad Olteanu (born 1996), Romanian footballer
* Vlad Rusu (born 1990), Romanian footballer
* Vlad Sokolovskiy (born 1991), Russian singer
* Vladislav Vlad Topalov (born 1985), Russian singer, dancer and actor
Fictional characters
* Vlad Plasmius, in the Nickelodeon TV series ''Danny Phantom''
* Vlad Taltos, in Steven Brust's ''Dragaera'' novels
* Vlad Vladikoff, in the Dr. Seuss children's books
* Vlad, in the Ender's Game Series, ''Ender's Game'' series
* Vlad Glebov, in the ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' video game
* Vlad, in the ''Hack/Slash'' comic series
* Vlad Dracula, in the CBBC show ''Young Dracula''
Stage name
* Vlad (musician), born Volodymyr DeBriansky in 1972, Ukrainian-born American guitarist, composer, songwriter and music producer
* Vlad Stashevsky, Russian pop singer Vladislav Stanislavovich Tverdohlebov (born 1974)
Surname
* Alexandru Vlad (born 1989), Romanian footballer
* Andrei Vlad (born 1999), Romanian football goalkeeper
* Dan Vlad (born 1983), Romanian rugby union player
* Marcel Vlad (born 1948), Romanian wrestler
* Marina Marta Vlad (born 1949), Romanian composer
* Nicu Vlad (born 1963), Romanian weightlifter
* Roman Vlad (1919–2013), Italian composer, pianist and musicologist
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Romanian masculine given names
Hypocorisms
