Ludmila (given name)

Ludmil(l)a
Genderfemale
Language(s)Slavic
Origin
Word/nameSlavic
Meaning
  • ljudъ ("people") + *milъ ("dear")
Region of originEastern Europe
Other names
Alternative spellingЛюдмила
Variant form(s)Ludomil (m), Ludomił (m)
Nickname(s)Russian: Люда (Luda), Люся (Lusya), Мила (Mila), Љума (Ljuma), Czech: Lida
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Ludmila or Ludmilla is a female given name of Slavic origin. It consists of two elements: lud ("people") and mila ("dear, love"). Because the initial L is mostly soft (palatalized), it is sometimes also transcribed Lyudmila, Lyudmyla or Ljudmila, and is written as Ľudmila or Ľudmyla in Slovak.

Other variants include: Людмила, (Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian), Людміла (Belarusian), Људмила (Macedonian and Serbian), Ludomiła, Ludmiła, Ludzimiła, Ludźmiła (Polish), and Ludmilla (Hungarian).

Nicknames in Russian are: Люда (Lyuda), Люся (Lyusya), Мила (Mila)

The most notable bearer is Ludmila of Bohemia, a 10th-century princess and the grandmother of Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia. The feast day for the saint is September 16, which is celebrated as a name day in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. Other name days include September 17 (Hungary), and February 20, May 7, July 30, and October 26 (Poland).

People with the given name Ludmila or variants include:

Medieval and early modern eras

In chronological order
  • Ludmila of Bohemia (c. 860–921), Czech Orthodox and Roman Catholic saint and martyr
  • Ludmila (wife of Mieszko I Tanglefoot) (died after 1210), High Duchess of Poland
  • Ludmilla of Bohemia (died 1240), Duchess consort of Bavaria
  • Ludmilla Elisabeth of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1640–1672), Countess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and hymn poet

Late modern era

In alphabetical order

Fictional characters

See also

Name list
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