Meaning of the nameLudmilla

Female
Slavic origin
Lud-mil-la

Ludmilla is a spelling of the name Ludmila, which means “favor of the people”.

Meaning

“favor of the people”

Meaning of the name Ludmila, of which Ludmilla is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Ludmila · Behind the Name: Ludmila

People (2022): 6,495
Rank in Brazil: #2,287
Median age: 21 years
2010 Census: 2,729; people

Ludmilla in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ludmilla, 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 (1,863 people).

6,462 women 33 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 Ludmilla is most common

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

Goiás 0.014%
Distrito Federal 0.009%
Tocantins 0.008%
Espírito Santo 0.007%
Minas Gerais 0.005%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	1,043	0.005%
Goiás	987	0.014%
São Paulo	745	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	738	0.005%
Bahia	709	0.005%
Maranhão	299	0.004%
Distrito Federal	254	0.009%
Espírito Santo	248	0.007%
Pará	162	0.002%
Pernambuco	152	0.002%
Mato Grosso	144	0.004%
Paraná	125	0.001%
Tocantins	116	0.008%
Ceará	113	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	101	0.003%
Piauí	91	0.003%
Paraíba	82	0.002%
Amazonas	71	0.002%
Alagoas	66	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	59	0.002%
Santa Catarina	46	0.001%
Sergipe	46	0.002%
Rondônia	36	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	33	0.000%

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

The spelling Ludmilla

The spelling with two l's, which Behind the Name records as a variant of Ludmila.

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.

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 Ludmilla

What does the name Ludmilla mean?

Ludmilla means “favor of the people”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Ludmila, of which Ludmilla is a spelling.

How many people are named Ludmilla in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,495 people with the first name Ludmilla, which ranks it number 2,287 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Ludmilla is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 6,462 women and 33 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ludmilla?

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

In which Brazilian state is Ludmilla most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.014% of the state's population is named Ludmilla (987 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ludmilla?

Ludmila. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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