Given name & surname
Ludo
“devotee of the Lord”
In French use, Ludo is a diminutive of Ludovic. One Latin interpretation is “devotee of the Lord.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Ludo is a diminutive of Ludovic. One Latin interpretation is “devotee of the Lord.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In French use, Ludo is a diminutive of Ludovic. An origin associated with Ludovic is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Ludo is a diminutive of Ludovic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ludo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 26
- 26 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 8 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 boys is 7 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2018.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ludo’s family of names
In French usage, Ludo is a diminutive of Ludovic. Ludo is a short form of Ludovic.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
People named Ludo
- Ludo CoeckBelgian association football player (1955–1985)
- Ludo MartensBelgian activist (1946–2011)
- Ludo PeetersBelgian cyclistborn 1953
- Ludo Dierckxsensroad bicycle racer1964–2025
- Ludo Moritz HartmannAustrian historian and politician (1865-1924)
- Ludo LoosBelgian road bicycle racer (1955-2019)
- Ľudovít LehenSlovak painter and sculptor (1925-2014)
- Ludo DelcroixBelgian cyclistborn 1950
- Ludo De Keulenaercyclistborn 1960
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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