Lud-

Lud- is a word component in personal names .

Origin and meaning

Forms of name with Chlod- were mentioned in the Franconian Empire since the 5th century . Clovis was a name of their ruler. Later the spelling changed to Lud- (Ludwig, Ludolf). The syllable was famously derived from Old High German hluth .

Name bearer

Chlorine

• Chloderich
• Chlodio
• Chlodoald
• Chlodomer
• Chlodulf
• Clovis

Lud-

• Ludger
• Ludolf
• Ludwig
• Ludwin

literature

• Günther Drosdowski: Duden lexicon of first names: origin, meaning and use of several thousand first names . Bibliographical Institute (Dudenverlag), Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1974