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laanwj | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Russian names: "ruler of the world" "become glory" "favor of the people" "of life, vital"
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aivii | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Mind writing them out for us?
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laanwj | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Vladimir: From the Old Slavic name *Voldiměrŭ, derived from the elements volděti meaning "to rule" and měrŭ meaning "great, famous". The second element has also been associated with mirŭ meaning "peace, world".

Stanislav: Derived from the Slavic element stati "stand, become" (inflected forms in stan-) combined with slava "glory"

Ludmila: "favour of the people" from the Slavic elements ľudŭ "people" and milŭ "gracious, dear"

Vitalik:  form of the Late Latin name Vitalis, which was derived from Latin vitalis meaning "of life, vital"
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jb55 | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 become glory would be a badass name