Ludmila
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Ludmila is a female given name. It is of Slavic origin, from the Russian люди ljudi ("people") and мила mila ("dear"). Because the initial L is soft (palatized), it is sometimes also transcribed Lyudmila, Lyudmyla or Ljudmila, and is written as Ľudmila in Czech and Slovak.
Other variants include: Ludomiła, Ludmiła, Ludzimiła, Ludźmiła (Polish), Ludmilla (Hungarian).
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/October 26 (Poland).
[edit] Famous people
- Saint Ludmila
- Lyudmila Shevtsova, Russian Olympic runner
- Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Russian Olympic runner
- Ludmila Engquist, Russian-Swedish Olympic hurdler
- Ludmila Belousova, Russian figure skater
- Ludmila Javorová, Czech vicar general
- Ludmila Privivkova, Russian curler
- Ludmila Formanová, Czech middle distance runner
- Ludmila Semenyaka, Russian ballerina
- Lyudmila Zhivkova, Bulgarian politician
- Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko, Russian film actress
- Ľudmila Pajdušáková, Slovak astronomer
- Lyudmila Putina, wife of Vladimir Putin
- Lyudmila Rudenko, Soviet chess player
- Ľudmila Cervanová, Slovakian tennis player
- Ludmilla Tchérina, French ballerina
- Ludmilla Tourischeva, Russian Olympic gymnast
[edit] Arts and literature
- Ruslan and Ludmila, poem by Alexandr Pushkin
- Ludmila's Broken English, book by D.B.C. Pierre
