Ludolf

You currently have Ludolf listed as being archaic in Germany, i.e. it is no longer in use. That is incorrect: you can still find living German bearers on Facebook and LinkedIn, so the name is just rare instead of archaic: [noted -ed]

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• https://de.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Ludolf/+/de-0-Duitsland (lists only bearers living in Germany)
• https://www.facebook.com/search/people/?q=ludolf

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The name is also still in use in the Netherlands (and to a lesser extent, Flanders in Belgium). It is rare, but it seems to be a bit more common there than in Germany:

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• https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Ludolf (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in the Netherlands in 2014)
• http://www.names.be/voornamen.html?met=Ludolf&sort=beldesc (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in Belgium in 2009)
• https://be.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Ludolf/+/be-0-Belgi%C3%AB (lists only bearers living in Belgium)
• https://nl.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Ludolf/+/nl-0-Nederland (lists only bearers living in the Netherlands)

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Lastly, the name is also used in Scandinavia, but it is extremely rare there:

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• https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Ludolf (in English)