Gender Feminine
Scripts Людмила(Russian)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈlud.mɪ.la/(Czech) /lʲʊd.ˈmʲi.lə/(Russian)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "favour of the people" from the Slavic elements ľudŭ "people" and milŭ "gracious, dear". Saint Ludmila was a 10th-century duchess of Bohemia, the grandmother of Saint Václav. She was murdered on the orders of her daughter-in-law Drahomíra.

As a Russian name, this is an alternate transcription of Людмила (usually rendered Lyudmila).

Related Names

Rootsľudŭ + milŭ
VariantsLidmila(Czech) Liudmila, Ludmilla, Lyudmila(Russian)
DiminutiveLída(Czech)
Other Languages & CulturesLiudmila(Belarusian) Ludmilla, Lyudmila(Bulgarian) Ľudŭmila(Old Slavic) Ludmiła(Polish) Ľudmila(Slovak) Ljudmila(Slovene) Liudmila, Liudmyla, Lyudmyla(Ukrainian)
Same SpellingĽudmila, Ludmiła
User SubmissionĽudmila

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   strong   refined   strange   complex   serious  

Name Days

Czechia: September 16
Latvia: June 22
Russia: September 29
Slovakia: September 16

Images

Saint Ludmila with Saint Václav in stained glass from the Czech RepublicSaint Ludmila with Saint Václav in stained glass from the Czech Republic ©

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Entry updated April 23, 2024