Given name & surname
Ludwik
Ludwik is used as a given name and a surname. Ludwik is connected with Ludwig.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ludwik is a variant of Louis. An origin associated with Louis is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish use, Ludwik is used as a form of Ludwig.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Ludwik 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. Ludwik is a form of 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
Ludwik through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 23 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 7 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 1920. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 152 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.
Ludwik’s family of names
In Polish usage, Ludwik has a diminutive in Ludwiczek. Ludwik shares a linguistic root with Ludwig. In Polish usage, Ludwik has a conventional equivalent in the Basque form Luis.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ludwik has relatives in 21 languages.
32 related names in 21 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.
Across languages 41
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- LuisSpanish, Basque
- Lewisequivalent
- LuigiItalian
- Clovisequivalent
- Ludwigcognate · German, Swedish
- LudovicoPortuguese
- Ludvikequivalent
- Ludwikafeminine form · Polish
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- LudovicFrench
- Lodovicoequivalent
- Loeizequivalent
- Clóvisequivalent
- Loïckequivalent
- Lewysequivalent
- Lajosequivalent
- Chlodwigequivalent
- Loïcequivalent
- Clodoveoequivalent
- Ludwiczkafeminine form · Polish
- ЛуиджиRussian
- ЛуисRussian
- ЛуиRussian
- ЛюдвигRussian
- LuísPortuguese
- Liudvikascognate · Lithuanian
- LudvíkCzech
- ĽudovítSlovak
- ЛьюисRussian
- ЛюдвикRussian
- ЛюдовикRussian
- ΛουδοβίκοςGreek
- LudovicusLatin
- LluísCatalan
- ルドヴィコJapanese
- LooqiGreenlandic
- LuisoEsperanto
- LuizoEsperanto
- LudovikoEsperanto
- ЛюдвікBelarusian
- KoldobikaBasque
- KoldoBasque
People named Ludwik
- L. L. ZamenhofPolish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)
- Ludwik FleckPolish physician (1896–1961)
- Ludwik HirszfeldPolish physician, immunologist and microbiologist (1884–1954)
- Ludwik RajchmanPolish doctor and microbiologist, co-founder of UNICEF (1881–1965)
- Ludwik MierosławskiPolish general (1814-1878)
- Ludwik DornPolish politician, sociologist and publicist (1954–2022)
- Ludwik WaryńskiPolish revolutionary (1856-1889)
- Ludwik KrzywickiPolish academic (1859–1941)
- Ludwik SilbersteinPolish physicist (1872–1948)
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