Given name & surname
Ludvig
Ludvig is a masculine given name. It is used in English, Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ludvig is a variant of Louis. An origin associated with Louis is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Ludvig is a variant of Louis. The history of Louis gives this family its wider story. Louis has a history of use among French royal or aristocratic families. In Swedish use, Ludvig has a related form in Ludwig. The history of Ludwig gives this family its wider story. Ludwig has historical associations with royal or imperial families.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Ludvig through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 6 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 6 in 1923. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ludvig’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Ludvig has a diminutive in LUDDE. Ludvig shares a linguistic root with Ludwig. Ludvig has a related form in Louis.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ludvig has relatives in 11 languages.
13 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
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 25
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Luisequivalent
- Lewisequivalent
- Germanequivalent
- Luigiequivalent
- Clovisequivalent
- LudovicoPortuguese
- Ludovicequivalent
- Loïcequivalent
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- Clodoveoequivalent
- Lodvedoublet · Norwegian Nynorsk
- Luutivikborrowing · Greenlandic
- Luutsivikborrowing · Greenlandic
- Looqiborrowing · Greenlandic
- Ludvinefeminine form · Norwegian
- LuísPortuguese
- Vikkeequivalent
- Ludvíkequivalent
- Lodovicoequivalent
- Loeizequivalent
- Clóvisequivalent
- Loïckequivalent
- Lluísequivalent
- Lewysequivalent
- Lajosequivalent
- Chlodwigequivalent
People named Ludvig
- Ludvig HolbergDanish-Norwegian writer, philosopher and historian (1684–1754)
- Ludvig LorenzDanish mathematician and physicist (1829-1891)
- Ludvig NobelSwedish businessman, humanitarian (1831–1888)
- Ludvig FaddeevRussian mathematician and physicist (1934–2017)
- Ludvig Holstein-HolsteinborgDanish politician (1815-1892)
- Ludvig Holstein-LedreborgDanish politician (1839-1912)
- Ludvig Mylius-ErichsenDanish author, ethnologist, and explorer of Greenland (1872-1907)
- Louis Frederick II of Schwarzburg-RudolstadtGerman royalty (1767-1807)
- Ludvig HåkansonSwedish basketball player (born 1996)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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