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Volodymyr (Ukrainian: Володимир) is a Ukrainian male given name.The name is a direct descendant from the Old East Slavic Володимир (Volodimir) which is spelled identically in Cyrillic but transliterated differently because of changes in the Ukrainian alphabet since medieval times. The meaning of the name is possessor of the world peace. Volodia (Володя) Vova (Вова) are short versions of this name.