Ludvig
Ludvig is a Scandinavian variant of the German name Ludwig. People with the name include:Ludvig Åberg, Swedish professional golfer Ludvig Almqvist, Swedish politician Ludvig Aubert, Norwegian Minister of Justice Ludvig Bødtcher, Danish lyric poet Ludvig G.
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
Meaning & Origin of Ludvig
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ludvig is a Scandinavian variant of the German name Ludwig. People with the name include:Ludvig Åberg, Swedish professional golfer Ludvig Almqvist, Swedish politician Ludvig Aubert, Norwegian Minister of Justice Ludvig Bødtcher, Danish lyric poet Ludvig G.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
The Story of Ludvig
American parents first put Ludvig on the record books as a baby boy name in 1917, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1923, when 6 Ludvigs were born — ranking #3,822 that year. About 63% of every Ludvig on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Ludvig last appeared in the published SSA data in 1923, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 16 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ludvig
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ludvig. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Ludde
Names that sound like Ludvig
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About the name Ludvig
Ludvig is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 16 births in the dataset. Ludvig's peak popularity came in 1923 when it ranked #3,822. Use the chart and map above to compare Ludvig's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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