Ludmila

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Ludmila is a female given name. It is the Upper Sorbian ( IPA: 'ludmʲila ) and Czech ( IPA:' ludmɪla ) form of a common Slavic given name . In German , besides Ludmila ( IPA: lud'miːla , lud'mɪla ), the variant Ludmilla ( IPA: lud'mɪla ) is also used.

Etymology and Variants

Ludmila is a typical two-stemmed Slavic name , composed of lud (people, people) and mil (grace, goodness; dear).

The form Ludmila is used in Upper Sorbian and Czech and to a lesser extent in Slovenian. In the East and South Slavic languages , the forms with a softened initial L ( Lʲ ) predominate (Ljudmila or Ľudmila), in Polish the l from -mila is opened to a bilabial [ u̯ ] (Ludmiła).

In non-Slavic languages ​​the name was adopted in the forms Ludmila and Ludmilla, but there are also other spellings.

Variants by country:

Other variants:

Lidmila, Lioudmila, Lioudmilla, Liudmila, Lyudmilla, Loudmila, Loudmilla

Short forms and dossiers:

Ljuda, Ludzia, Mila

Name days

In Catholic countries the name is popular because of the Bohemian saint Ludmila (German mostly Ludmilla), who died on September 16, 921 (according to today's calculations on the 15th). Name day is therefore September 16 in many Catholic countries .

Exceptions:

  • Polish name days for Ludmiła are July 30th and September 16th, for Ludomiła February 20th and May 7th ;
  • Russian name days for Lyudmila are May 7th and September 29th.

Well-known namesake

(Ludmila only, for the variants see the corresponding pages)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Situation in Lower Sorbian not known, please complete!
  2. ↑ Ludmila Ferber - Biography . Dicionário Cravo Albin. Retrieved June 19, 2014.