Lyudmila
Ludmila or Ludmilla is a female given name of Slavic origin. It consists of two elements: lud ("people") and mila. Because the initial L is mostly soft (palatalized), it is sometimes also transcribed Lyudmila, Lyudmyla or Ljudmila, and is written as Ľudmila or Ľudmyla in Slovak.
- Russian
- Bulgarian
Meaning & Origin of Lyudmila
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ludmila or Ludmilla is a female given name of Slavic origin. It consists of two elements: lud ("people") and mila. Because the initial L is mostly soft (palatalized), it is sometimes also transcribed Lyudmila, Lyudmyla or Ljudmila, and is written as Ľudmila or Ľudmyla in Slovak.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
- Bulgarian
The Story of Lyudmila
American parents first put Lyudmila on the record books as a baby girl name in 1995, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1995, when 6 Lyudmilas were born — ranking #11,782 that year. About 37% of every Lyudmila on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Lyudmila last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 27 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Lyudmila
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About the name Lyudmila
Lyudmila is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1995 and has accumulated 27 births in the dataset. Lyudmila's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #11,782. Use the chart and map above to compare Lyudmila'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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