Given name · also German
Ludvík
Ludvík is a masculine given name from German, ultimately from Old High German. It is used in Czech, Faroese, and Old Czech.
Original GermanLudwig
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ludvík comes from German, and ultimately from Old High German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Faroese usage, Ludvík developed from Ludwig.
Ludvík’s family of names
In Czech usage, Ludvík has a diminutive in LUDVA. In Faroese usage, Ludvík developed from the German form Ludwig. In Czech usage, Ludvík has a conventional equivalent in the French form Louis.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ludvík has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Old High German roots to each of them.
9 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ludvík
- Ludvík SvobodaCzechoslovak general and politician (1895-1979)
- Ludvík DaněkCzechoslovak discus thrower (1937–1998)
- Ludvík VaculíkCzech publicist, politic writer and bookwriter (1926-2015)
- Prince Ludwig Gaston of Saxe-Coburg and GothaGerman prince (1870–1942)
- Ludvík KubaCzech landscape painter, musician, writer, professor in the Academy of Fine Arts (1863-1956)
- Ludvík KunderaCzech poet, playwright, translator and writer (1920-2010)
- Ludvík VébrCzechoslovak rowerborn 1960
- Ludvík AškenazyCzech playwright, publicist, scriptwriter and writer (1921-1986)
- Ludvík RážaCzech film director and screenwriter (1929-2000)
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