Also a diminutive of Volha (Вольга) in Belarusian.
― Anonymous User 8/1/2020
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Can be used as a diminutive of Vladimir (Vladimir - Volodya - Volya). It's dated and rarely used now.
― Anonymous User 7/31/2020
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Not bad, sounds feminine to me.
― Anonymous User 9/22/2010
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The only pet name for Vladimir I've ever heard was 'Vova'. [noted -ed] Also, it means 'will' as in the will to perform an action; 'svoboda' means 'freedom'.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8F#Russian [noted -ed]