Ludmila

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Ludmila is a female given name. It is of Slavic origin, from the Slavic and Russian люди ljudi ("people") and мила mila ("dear"). Because the initial L is mostly soft (palatalized), it is sometimes also transcribed Lyudmila, Lyudmyla or Ljudmila, and is written as Ľudmila in Slovak.

Other variants include: Людмила (Russian), 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 Andonova, Bulgarian high jumper
Ludmila Belousova, Russian figure skater
Lyudmila Blonska, Ukrainian heptathlete
Lyudmila Butuzova, Soviet high jumper
Ľudmila Cervanová, Slovakian tennis player
Lyudmila Chernykh, Soviet astronomer
Lyudmila Denisova, Ukrainian politician and current Minister of Labor and Social Policy
Ludmila Engquist, Swedish hurdler
Ludmila Ezhova, Russian gymnast
Ludmila Formanová, Czech middle distance runner
Ludmila Francescatto, VCU athlete
Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko, Russian film actress
Ludmila Javorová, Czech vicar general
Lyudmila Karachkina, Soviet astronomer
Lyudmila Kolchanova, Russian long jumper
Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Russian athlete
Ľudmila Pajdušáková, Slovak astronomer
Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian Soviet sniper during World War II, credited with 309 kills
Ludmila Privivkova, Russian curler
Lyudmila Poradnyk, Soviet Ukrainian handball player
Lyudmila Putina, wife of Vladimir Putin
Lyudmila Rudenko, Soviet chess player
Ludmilla Savitzky, French translator, mother of John Rodker's 3rd wife
Ludmila Semenyaka, Russian ballerina
Lyudmila Shevtsova, Russian athlete
Ludmilla Tchérina, French ballerina
Ludmilla Tourischeva, Russian Olympic gymnast
Lyudmila Zhivkova, Bulgarian politician
Lyudmila Zhuravlyova, Soviet astronomer