Vlad is a Romanian male name. It is more commonly a nativized hypocorism of Vladislav and can also be used as a surname. Alternately, it may be a hypocoristic form of the Slavic name Vladimir (although the normative nickname is Vova). It may refer to:

Given name

People

  • Vlad I of Wallachia (), voivode (prince) of Wallachia
  • Vlad II Dracul (before 1395 – 1448), voivode of Wallachia
  • Vlad the Impaler (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
  • 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
  • Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (born 1999), Canadian Major League Baseball player, son of the above
  • Vlad Hagiu, (born 1963), Romanian water polo coach
  • Vlad Ioviță (1935–1983), Moldovan writer
  • Vlad Ivanov (born 1969), Romanian actor
  • Vlado Kreslin (born 1953), Slovene singer, songwriter and musician
  • 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 Popescu (born 1989), Romanian politician
  • Vlad Rusu (born 1990), Romanian footballer
  • Vlad Sokolovskiy (born 1991), Russian singer
  • Vlad Topalov (born 1985), Russian singer, dancer and actor
  • Vlad Sabajuc (born 1998) Moldovan singer
  • Vlad Pristavka (born 2006) Russian criminal, killed about 20 people in Kemerovo

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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
  • 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

See also

  • Vladik