Gender female Word/name Slavic | Language(s) Slavic Region of origin Eastern Europe | |
Meaning ljudъ ("people") + *milъ ("dear") Alternative spelling Ljudmila
Lyudmila
Ludmiła
Людмила
Људмила | ||
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).