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 Valdís Óskarsdóttir (born 1950), Icelandic film editor 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 Latvian masculine given names