Ludmila

See also: Ludmiła, Ludmiłą, and Ľudmila

Czech

Etymology

Name of a Bohemian 9th/10th century saint, from Proto-Slavic *ľudъ (“people”) and *milъ (“dear, nice, gentle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈludmɪla]

Proper noun

Ludmila f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Ludmila (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ludmila	Ludmily
genitive	Ludmily	Ludmil
dative	Ludmile	Ludmilám
accusative	Ludmilu	Ludmily
vocative	Ludmilo	Ludmily
locative	Ludmile	Ludmilách
instrumental	Ludmilou	Ludmilami

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. Cognate with Czech Ludmila.

Proper noun

Ludmila f

1. a female given name
2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Людми́ла (Ljudmíla).

Related terms

• Liudmila

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Ludmila was the only given name of 16 906 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.