Given name · also Old High German
Ludwika
Ludwika is a feminine given name from Old High German, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Polish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ludwika comes from Old High German, and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Polish usage, Ludwika is a feminine form of Ludwik.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ludwika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 101
- 0 boys · 101 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 15 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 girls is 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 215 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.
Ludwika’s family of names
In Polish usage, Ludwika is a feminine form of Ludwik. In Polish usage, Ludwika has a conventional equivalent in the French form Louise. In Polish usage, Ludwika has a conventional equivalent in the Catalan form Lluïsa.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Ludwika has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
9 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- LouiseFrench
- Ludwikmasculine form · Polish
- ЛуисаRussian
- ЛуизаRussian
- ЛовисаRussian
- ЛюдовикаRussian
- ЛюдвикаRussian
- LluïsaCatalan
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ludwika
- Ludwika PaletaPolish-Mexican actressborn 1978
- Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłłmargravine consort of Brandenburg1667–1695
- Zośka VierasBelarusian writer and poet (1892-1991)
- Ludwika JędrzejewiczPolish musician (1807-1855)
- Ludwika ChewińskaPolish sportsperson and athletics competitorborn 1948
- Ludwika WawrzyńskaPolish teacher who died rescuing children from fire1908–1955
- Ludwika SosnowskaPolish aristocrat (1751-1836)
- Ludwika WujecPolish political activist (1941–2024)
- Ludwika KarpińskaPolish psychologist & scholar1872–1937
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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