Given name & surname · also Latin
Ludovico
“loud, famous”
Ludovico is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Spanish and Italian.
Original LatinLudovicus
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ludovico goes back to Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, meaning “loud, famous.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Ludovico comes from Latin, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Latin Ludovīcus, from Old High German *Hlūtwīg, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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
Ludovico through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 47
- 47 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,283 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,283 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 247 as a first name in 2020; 320 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ludovico’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Ludovico shares an earlier linguistic root with Luis. In Portuguese usage, Ludovico has a conventional equivalent in the English form Louis. In Portuguese usage, Ludovico has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Luis.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ludovico has relatives in 34 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
29 related names in 34 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 38
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- LudovicusLatin
- Luisdoublet · Spanish
- LouisEnglish
- Lewisequivalent
- Clovisequivalent
- Ludwigcognate · German
- LuiHawaiian
- Ludvikequivalent
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- LudovicFrench, Romanian
- LudvigSwedish, Norwegian Bokmål
- LudwikPolish
- Loeizequivalent
- Clóvisequivalent
- Loïckequivalent
- Lewysequivalent
- Ljudevitequivalent
- Chlodwigequivalent
- Loïcequivalent
- Clodoveoequivalent
- Luísdoublet · Portuguese, Galician
- ЛюдовикUkrainian
- ЛюдвигRussian
- LoísOccitan
- LiudvikasLithuanian
- LudvigsLatvian
- ルイJapanese
- LúðvíkIcelandic
- LughaidhIrish
- LajosHungarian
- LodewijkDutch
- ΛουδοβίκοςGreek
- LudvíkFaroese, Czech
- LudovikoEsperanto
- ĽudovítSlovak
- 路易Chinese
- LluísCatalan
- লুইসBengali
- LuigjAlbanian
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ludovico
- Ludovico AriostoItalian poet (1474–1533)
- Ludovico Sforzaduke of Milan1452–1508
- Ludovico EinaudiItalian pianist and composer (born 1955)
- Ludovico CarracciBolognese painter of the Baroque (1555-1619)
- Ludovico Manin120th, and the last, Doge of Venice1725–1802
- Giovanni delle Bande NereItalian condottiero (1498-1526)
- Ludovico Antonio MuratoriItalian priest, writer, librarian, historian and diplomat1672–1750
- Ludovico Scarfiottiracecar driver1933–1968
- Ludovico LudovisiCatholic cardinal (1595-1632)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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