Vlad

Infamous Romanian ruler

Vlad is a Slavic given name, often short for Vladimir or Vladislav.

In English contexts, Vlad frequently evokes Vlad the Impaler, the 15th-century Romanian prince whose brutal reputation inspired the Dracula legend: He decorated his office like a vampire lair and insisted everyone call him Vlad.

Dracula

vampire

Blood-drinking undead creature

gothic · horror · coffin · bat · fangs · undead · Count · garlic · stake · sunlight

Impaler

Ottoman

Member of Turkish dynasty

impalement · fortress · siege · campaigns · resistance · cruelty · Dracula · chronicles · nobility · principality

ruler

sovereign

Supreme in power

prince · overlord · throne · reign · dominion · power · authority · dynasty · succession · crown

Slavic-name

Igor

Slavic masculine name

  • BorisSlavic masculine name
  • NikolaiRussian male given name
  • SergeiRussian masculine given name

Alexei · Andrei · Ivan · Maxim · Viktor · Mikhail · Konstantin · Eastern European · namesake · diminutive

Categories
Opposites
cultural/geographic naming origin

VladJohn

Common male name

William · James · Henry · George · Charles

HISTORICAL REPUTATION (as Vlad the Impaler)

VladSaint Francis

Mendicant order's founder

Mahatma Gandhi · Mother Teresa · Marcus Aurelius · Good King Wenceslas · Cyrus the Great

FOLKLORIC/LITERARY ASSOCIATION (as Dracula inspiration)

VladVan Helsing

Christ · vampire hunter · Saint George · Buffy · angel

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Family

Vladimir

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