Ludmila (given name)
Ludmil(l)a | |
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Gender | female |
Language(s) | Slavic |
Origin | |
Word/name | Slavic |
Meaning |
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Region of origin | Eastern Europe |
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), and Ludmilla (Hungarian).
Nicknames are Russian: Люда (Luda), Люся (Lusya), Мила (Mila), Љума (Ljuma)
The most notable bearer is 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, and October 26 (Poland).
List of people with the given name Ludmila or a variant
- Saint Ludmila, Bohemian duchess
- 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