Vlad

This article is about the given name and surname. For the 2003 horror film, see Vlad (film).

Vlad is a Romanian male given 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 (fl. 1394–1397), 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 Rusu (born 1990), Romanian footballer
• Vlad Sokolovskiy (born 1991), Russian singer
• 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
• 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