The baby name Ludmilla is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /lʊdˈmɪlə/ — lud-MIL-uh (common English); Russian: /lʲʉdˈmʲilə/ — lyood-MEE-lah.
Ludmilla is Slavic in Origin.
The baby name Ludmilla is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /lʊdˈmɪlə/ — lud-MIL-uh (common English); Russian: /lʲʉdˈmʲilə/ — lyood-MEE-lah.
Ludmilla is Slavic in Origin.
Ludmilla is a Slavic feminine name formed from Common Slavic roots ljud "people" and mil(a) "dear, gracious," yielding the sense "beloved of the people." Its prominence traces to Saint Ludmila of Bohemia (c. 860–921), a duchess and martyr whose veneration entrenched the name across the Czech lands and neighboring Slavic regions. The literary revival of Slavic forms further popularized it, notably through Pushkin's Ruslan and Lyudmila, sustaining wide 19th-20th-century usage in East and Central Europe.
Principal variants include Ludmila (Czech, Slovak), Lyudmila/Liudmila (Russian transliterations), Liudmyla/Lyudmyla (Ukrainian), Ludmiła (Polish), and the German/English Ludmilla; Cyrillic form is Людмила. Common diminutives are Lyuda/Luda and Mila; in Czech and Polish, Lída, Lidka, Liduška, Ludka, and Milka also occur. Today the name reads as classic and pan-Slavic, familiar yet slightly vintage outside its core regions.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 0 | #76 | 1 | 2,372 | |
| AO | 0 | #77 | 1 | 2,729 | |
| MD | Girls | 0 | #92 | 1 | 865 |
| EE | Girls | 0 | #124 | 15 | 1,888 |
| GR | 0 | #135 | 1 | 3,911 | |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #153 | 1 | 3,773 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| SI | Girls | 0 | #177 | 1 | 2,769 |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #189 | 2 | 4,850 |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #210 | 13 | 4,141 |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #210 | 8 | 4,575 |
| HU | Girls | 0 | #211 | 13 | 3,308 |
| PS | 0 | #226 | 1 | 5,692 | |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #234 | 4 | 7,146 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #246 | 4 | 6,293 |
| PT | 0 | #248 | 3 | 4,161 | |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #251 | 1 | 6,592 |
| IL | 0 | #282 | 1 | 6,291 | |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 5,122 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #328 | 2 | 7,429 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #330 | 3 | 5,862 |
| BR | 0 | #333 | 13 | 5,969 | |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #335 | 3 | 6,973 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #340 | 12 | 8,539 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #364 | 1 | 5,096 |
| Austria | Girls | 0 | #388 | 33 | 1,885 |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #403 | 3 | 3,185 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #422 | 3 | 15,987 |
| Germany | 0 | #427 | 11 | 2,542 | |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #430 | 22 | 7,952 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #483 | 16 | 11,913 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #517 | 2 | 9,861 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #534 | 3 | 6,731 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #545 | 3 | 10,981 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #558 | 3 | 11,671 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #595 | 3 | 20,968 |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #617 | 227 | 4,949 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #629 | 2 | 8,289 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #640 | 6 | 11,648 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #649 | 2 | 16,104 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #650 | 2 | 9,488 |
| LB | 0 | #689 | 2 | 13,263 | |
| IT | 0 | #699 | 16 | 4,183 | |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #727 | 12 | 3,895 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #771 | 172 | 12,708 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #783 | 3 | 12,213 |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| United States | Girls | 2005 | #919 | 6 | 9,844 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #932 | 24 | 5,933 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #972 | 12 | 5,561 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 1 | 14,861 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,060 | 400 | 9,415 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,150 | 3 | 16,140 |
| MA | 0 | #1,199 | 1 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,226 | 9 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,231 | 6 | 25,928 |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,266 | 2 | 17,781 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,461 | 11 | 10,046 |
Ludmilla is popular in 50 countries — most recent births per country:
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