Given name
Ludmilla
“having the favor of the people”
Ludmilla is a variant of Ludmila. One Slavic interpretation is “having the favor of the people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ludmilla is a variant of Ludmila. One Slavic interpretation is “having the favor of the people.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ludmilla is a variant of Ludmila. An origin associated with Ludmila is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ludmilla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 242
- 0 boys · 242 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 692 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ludmilla’s family of names
Ludmilla has a related form in Ludmila. In German usage, Ludmilla has a conventional equivalent in the French form Ludmila.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ludmilla
- Ludmilla TchérinaFrench artist (1924-2004)
- Ludmilla of BohemiaCzech princess1170–1240
- LudmillaBrazilian singer-songwriterborn 1995
- Ludmilla Elisabeth of Schwarzburg-RudolstadtGerman noblewoman; Countess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and hymn poet (1640-1672)
- Ludmilla AssingGerman writer (1821–1880)
- Ludmilla PitoëffRussian-French actress (1896-1951)1899–1951
- Ludmilla JordanovaBritish historianborn 1949
- Ludmilla SiimEstonian artist (born 1938)
- Ludmilla ChiriaeffCanadian ballerina (1924–1996)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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