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Vlad

US/vlæd/

Vlad proper noun: a male given name.

Proper noun (1)

Vlad

  1. A male given name.
  2. An abbreviation of Vladimir (in English, not in Russian; see usage notes).
  3. (rare) An abbreviation of Vladislav.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: VLAD

VLAD

  1. (Australia, abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment, a series of anti-bikie laws.

Origin of Vlad

Common Romanian male given name, sometimes used as a short form of Vladimir, but more commonly a hypocorism of Vladislav. It is also found as Czech and Slovak surname.

Words formed from Vlad

Phrases with Vlad

Questions about Vlad

What does Vlad mean?
Vlad means a male given name.
What part of speech is Vlad?
Vlad is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Vlad?
Vlad is pronounced /vlæd/ (US).

Words near Vlad in the dictionary

  1. Vlach
  2. Vlachic
  3. Vlachos
  4. Vlachoses
  5. Vlachs
  6. Vlad
  7. Vlad the Impaler
  8. Vladika
  9. Vladikas
  10. Vladikavkaz
  11. Vladimir

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Vlad (page history and authors); VLAD (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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