Ludmila (given name)
| Ludmila / Ludmilla | |
|---|---|
| Gender | female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Slavic |
| Meaning | lud ("people") + mila ("dear, favour, love") |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling |
Ljudmila Lyudmila Ludmiła Людмила Људмила |
| Variant form(s) | Ludomil (m), Ludomił (m) |
| Nickname(s) | Russian: Люда (Luda), Люся (Lusya), Мила (Mila), Љума (Ljuma) |
| http://www.behindthename.com/name/ludmila | |
Ludmila or Ludmilla - (in origin sounds like Luedmeela) is a female given name of Slavic origin and consists of two elements: lud ("people") and mila ("dear, love"). 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, (Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian), Људмила (Macedonian and Serbian), Ludomiła, Ludmiła, Ludzimiła, Ludźmiła (Polish), Ludmilla (Hungarian).
Nicknames: Russian: Люда (Luda), Люся (Lusya), Мила (Mila), Љума (Ljuma)
Most notable bearer: Saint Ludmila, a 10th-century princess from Bohemia, the grandmother of Saint Wenceslaus. 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).
List of people with the given name Ludmila or a variant
- Lyudmila Andonova, Bulgarian high jumper
- Ludmila Belousova, Russian figure skater
- Lyudmyla Blonska, Ukrainian heptathlete
- Lyudmila Butuzova, Soviet high jumper
- Ľudmila Cervanová, Slovakian tennis player
- Lyudmila Chernykh, Soviet astronomer
- Lyudmyla Denisova, Ukrainian politician and former Minister of Labor and Social Policy
- Ludmila Engquist, Swedish hurdler
- Ludmila Ezhova, Russian gymnast
- Ludmila Ferber, Brazilian singer
- Ludmila Formanová, Czech middle distance runner
- Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko, Russian film actress
- Ludmila Javorová, Czech vicar general
- Lyudmila Karachkina, Soviet astronomer
- Lyudmila Kolchanova, Russian long jumper
- Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Russian athlete
- Ludmila Melicherová, Slovak long-distance runner
- Ľudmila Pajdušáková, Slovak astronomer
- Ludmilla Pajo, Albanian journalist and author
- Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian Soviet sniper during World War II, credited with 309 kills
- Lyudmila Petrova, Russian long-distance runner
- Ludmila Privivkova, Russian curler
- Lyudmila Poradnyk, Soviet Ukrainian handball player
- Lyudmyla Pushkina, Ukrainian long-distance runner
- Lyudmila Putina, wife of Vladimir Putin
- Lyudmila Rudenko, Soviet chess player
- Ludmila Semenyaka, Russian ballerina
- Lyudmila Shevtsova, Russian athlete
- Ludmilla Tchérina, French ballerina
- Ludmilla Tourischeva, Russian Olympic gymnast
- Lyudmila Veselkova, Soviet middle distance runner
- Lyudmila Zhivkova, Bulgarian politician
- Lyudmila Zhuravlyova, Soviet astronomer
- Lyudmila Zykina, Russian singer