Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Ludwin isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ludwin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 196
- 196 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,659 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,659 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 537 as a first name in 2020; 257 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.
Ludwin’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Ludwin has a feminine form in Ludvine.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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