Lyudmila
Lyudmila ( Russian ljudi = "people, people"; mila = "dear, welcome") is a Slavic female given name. In the Sorbian , Czech and Slovene languages it is written without the j , which denotes the softening of the l ( Ludmila ). The short form is Ljuda. Another form is Ludmilla .
Name day is September 16 and, according to St. Lyudmila Petrova, January 26.
Variants and spellings
- Slovak: Ľudmila
- Polish: Ludmiła
- Russian and Bulgarian: Людмила - Lyudmila
- Ukrainian: Людмила - Lyudmyla
- Belarusian: Людміла - Lyudmila
- Serbian: Људмила - Lyudmila
Name bearers
Lyudmila
- Lyudmila Michailovna Alexejewa (1927–2018), Russian historian and human rights activist
- Lyudmila Evgenjewna Belousova (1935–2017), Russian figure skater
- Lyudmila Ivanovna Bragina (* 1943), Russian athlete
- Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko (1935–2011), Russian actress
- Lyudmila Andrejewna Kondratjewa (* 1958) Soviet-Russian athlete
- Lyudmila Mychailiwna Pavlitschenko (1916–1974), Soviet sniper
- Lyudmila Petruschewskaja (* 1938), Russian writer
- Lyudmila Vladimirovna Rudenko (1904–1986), Soviet chess player
- Lyudmila Zhivkova (1942–1981), Bulgarian politician
- Lyudmila Georgievna Sykina (1929–2009), Russian singer
- Lyudmila Evgenjewna Titowa (* 1946), Russian speed skater
- Lyudmila Ivanovna Turishcheva (* 1952), Russian gymnast
- Lyudmila Evgenjewna Ulitskaja (* 1943), Russian writer
Lyudmyla
- Lyudmyla Arshannykova (* 1958), Soviet-Dutch archer
- Ljudmyla Blonska (* 1977), Ukrainian heptathlete
- Lyudmyla Denissowa (* 1960), Ukrainian lawyer and politician of the Popular Front Party
- Lyudmyla Dschyhalowa (* 1962), Ukrainian sprinter
- Ljudmyla Jossypenko (* 1984), Ukrainian heptathlete
- Lyudmyla Kitschenok (* 1992), Ukrainian tennis player
- Lyudmyla Pyssarenko (* 1983), Ukrainian biathlete