Valdis
Male given name
title: "Valdis" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["latvian-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names"] description: "Male given name" topic_path: "general/latvian-masculine-given-names" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdis" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Male given name ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Valdis |
| nameday | 11 December |
| gender | Male |
| region | Latvia |
| related names | Valdemārs, Voldemārs, Visvaldis, Miervaldis, Tautvaldis, Zemvaldis, Ciemvalids, Tālivaldis, Druvvaldis, Gunvaldis, Arvaldis |
| :: |
| name = Valdis | image= | imagesize= | caption= | nameday = 11 December | pronunciation= | gender = Male | meaning = | region = Latvia | origin = | related names = Valdemārs, Voldemārs, Visvaldis, Miervaldis, Tautvaldis, Zemvaldis, Ciemvalids, Tālivaldis, Druvvaldis, Gunvaldis, Arvaldis | footnotes = Valdis is a Latvian language masculine given name. It is derived from two possible sources; from the Latvian word valdīt ("rule") or as a shortened form of Valdemārs, the Latvian form of Waldemar. Valdis may refer to the following:
- Valdis Birkavs (born 1942), Latvian politician and Prime Minister of Latvia
- Valdis Celms (born 1943), Latvian artist and neopagan leader
- Valdis Dombrovskis (born 1971), Latvian politician, Prime Minister of Latvia (2009–2013)
- Valdis Ģīlis (born 1954), Latvian politician
- Valdis Mintals (born 1979), Estonian figure skater
- Valdis Muižnieks (1935–2013), Latvian basketball player
- Valdis Muktupāvels (born 1958), Latvian ethnomusicologist, composer, musician and teacher
- Valdis Pelšs (born 1967), Latvian-born Russian television personality, musical artist and actor
- Valdis Pultraks (1922–1972), Latvian footballer
- Valdis Valters (born 1957), Latvian basketball player
- Valdis Zatlers (born 1955), Latvian politician, President of Latvia (2007–2011)
- Valdis Zeps (1932–1996), Latvian-American linguist and professor ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::