Meaning of the nameLudmila

Female
Slavic origin
Lud-mi-la

Ludmila is a feminine name of Slavic origin, from the elements for 'people' and 'dear', which Behind the Name translates as 'favor of the people'.

Meaning

“favor of the people”

Source: Wiktionary: Ludmila · Behind the Name: Ludmila

People (2022): 33,159
Rank in Brazil: #760
Median age: 21 years
2010 Census: 23,907; people

Ludmila in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ludmila, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (11,037 people).

32,995 women 164 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Ludmila is most common

States with the highest share of people named Ludmila in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Goiás 0.041%
Distrito Federal 0.039%
Minas Gerais 0.035%
Espírito Santo 0.034%
Bahia 0.029%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	7,141	0.035%
São Paulo	4,307	0.010%
Bahia	4,096	0.029%
Rio de Janeiro	3,462	0.022%
Goiás	2,917	0.041%
Espírito Santo	1,304	0.034%
Maranhão	1,298	0.019%
Distrito Federal	1,085	0.039%
Pará	952	0.012%
Ceará	711	0.008%
Paraná	669	0.006%
Pernambuco	656	0.007%
Mato Grosso	637	0.017%
Piauí	471	0.014%
Amazonas	454	0.012%
Mato Grosso do Sul	420	0.015%
Rio Grande do Norte	404	0.012%
Tocantins	358	0.024%
Santa Catarina	347	0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul	287	0.003%
Paraíba	264	0.007%
Alagoas	242	0.008%
Rondônia	228	0.014%
Sergipe	216	0.010%
Acre	106	0.013%
Roraima	76	0.012%
Amapá	51	0.007%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Ludmila

Ludmila comes from Slavic: Wiktionary links it to Proto-Slavic *ľudъ, 'people', and *milъ, 'dear, kind', and Behind the Name to the elements ľudŭ, 'people', and milŭ, 'gracious, dear', translating the name as 'favor of the people'. Behind the Name gives Ludmilla as a variant. The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Ludimila alongside Ludmila and treats Lud- as an element taken from this name, present in Brazilian names such as Ludimara and Ludivan. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 33,159 people named Ludmila, with a median age of 21; proportionally, it is most common in Goiás.

The most common spelling in the group, with a single l.

Other spellings of Ludmila

Spelling	People (2022)
Ludmila	33,159
Ludmilla	6,495

Sources

Wiktionary: Ludmila · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Ludmila · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (LUD-, LUDI-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage

Questions about the name Ludmila

What does the name Ludmila mean?

Ludmila means “favor of the people”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Ludmila in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 33,159 people with the first name Ludmila, which ranks it number 760 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Ludmila a boy's or a girl's name?

Ludmila is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 32,995 women and 164 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ludmila?

Ludmila is a name of Slavic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ludmila most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.041% of the state's population is named Ludmila (2,917 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ludmila?

Ludmilla. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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