Ludovic
given name · French · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ludovic is a given name, most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is the 7th most common given name. It appears chiefly in French and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: French form of Ludwig, from Germanic hlud + wig, 'famous battle'.
- GTGuatemala1 in 19◐
- MOMacao1 in 22
- ECEcuador1 in 31
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈3.2M ●
- #21 ●
- 8 ●
- Sources
- 564 ●
- 1 in 31 ◐
across 9 countries
of 16M given names
recorded for this name
31M records
Official registry-verified
Ecuador
Spellings & scripts●
4 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Luis in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, MX Mexico and 12 more, Lewis in GB United Kingdom, AU Australia, CA Canada and 4 more, Louis in US United States, MO Macao and Ludwig in DE Germany.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
French form of Ludwig, from Germanic hlud + wig, 'famous battle'.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #7 | 6,590,110 | 4.1M rec. | — | 233K | Luis | 200 |
| MX Mexico | #4 | 4,598,683 | 3.6M rec. | — | 16K | Luis | 294 |
| VE Venezuela | #3 | 4,356,198 | 1.5M rec. | — | 698 | Luis | 172 |
| PE Peru | #3 | 3,795,727 | 2.3M rec. | — | 557K | Luis | 173 |
| GT Guatemala | #4 | 1,854,379 | 119K rec. | — | 494K | Luis | 146 |
| BR Brazil | #12 | 1,335,098 | 700K rec. | 1 in 159 | 1.3M | Luis | 261 |
| CL Chile | #6 | 1,274,148 | 92K rec. | — | 457 | Luis | 191 |
| CO Colombia | #5 | 751,049 | 318K rec. | — | 594 | Luis | 233 |
| EC Ecuador | #3 | 539,474△ | 20K rec. | 1 in 31 | 539K | Luis | 146 |
| FR France | #151 | 539,110 | 339K rec. | 1 in 126 | 539K | Ludovic | 374 |
| US United States | #92 | 488,505 | 13M rec. | 1 in 681 | 532K | Louis | 564 |
| GB United Kingdom | #405 | 427,572 | 657K rec. | — | 1.1K | Lewis | 286 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- French815K97%
- English9.3K1%
- Spanish1.4K1%
- German1.2K1%
- Portuguese9061%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| French | 814,939 | 97% |
| English | 9,340 | 1% |
| Spanish | 1,436 | 1% |
| German | 1,168 | 1% |
| Portuguese | 906 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Ludovic is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Germanic name meaning « glorious fighter ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
From Latin Ludovicus, the form used in medieval documents to represent the Germanic name Hludwig (see pLouis). In the west of Scotland it came to be used as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Maol Domhnaich, pronounced ‘meel dauv-nach’ and meaning ‘devotee of the Lord’, probably because both contain the same succession of consonants: I-d-v-c(h). Short form: Ludo.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In French, Variante de Louis; origine germanique, signifie « glorieux vainqueur ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1900 | 5 |
| 1902 | 5 |
| 1903 | 10 |
| 1904 | 5 |
| 1905 | 10 |
| 1906 | 5 |
| 1907 | 10 |
| 1908 | 5 |
| 1909 | 10 |
| 1910 | 10 |
| 1911 | 5 |
| 1912 | 5 |
| 1913 | 5 |
| 1914 | 10 |
| 1915 | 5 |
| 1916 | 5 |
| 1917 | 5 |
| 1918 | 5 |
| 1919 | 5 |
| 1920 | 10 |
| 1921 | 5 |
| 1922 | 5 |
| 1923 | 5 |
| 1924 | 5 |
| 1925 | 10 |
| 1926 | 5 |
| 1927 | 10 |
| 1928 | 5 |
| 1930 | 5 |
| 1931 | 5 |
| 1932 | 5 |
| 1933 | 5 |
| 1934 | 5 |
| 1937 | 5 |
| 1940 | 5 |
| 1941 | 5 |
| 1946 | 5 |
| 1948 | 5 |
| 1949 | 5 |
| 1950 | 5 |
| 1951 | 5 |
| 1953 | 5 |
| 1956 | 5 |
| 1957 | 5 |
| 1962 | 5 |
| 1963 | 5 |
| 1964 | 5 |
| 1965 | 5 |
| 1969 | 5 |
| 1971 | 5 |
| 1973 | 5 |
| 1974 | 5 |
| 1975 | 10 |
| 1976 | 30 |
| 1977 | 35 |
| 1978 | 30 |
| 1979 | 55 |
| 1980 | 75 |
| 1981 | 85 |
| 1982 | 110 |
| 1983 | 120 |
| 1984 | 130 |
| 1985 | 165 |
| 1986 | 165 |
| 1987 | 140 |
| 1988 | 170 |
| 1989 | 135 |
| 1990 | 130 |
| 1991 | 105 |
| 1992 | 85 |
| 1993 | 75 |
| 1994 | 80 |
| 1995 | 80 |
| 1996 | 55 |
| 1997 | 45 |
| 1998 | 40 |
| 1999 | 60 |
| 2000 | 30 |
| 2001 | 30 |
| 2002 | 35 |
| 2003 | 30 |
| 2004 | 25 |
| 2005 | 15 |
| 2006 | 15 |
| 2007 | 15 |
| 2008 | 20 |
| 2009 | 15 |
| 2010 | 15 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 10 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | 5 |
RE INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion) — 95 years between 1900–2018. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Ludovic Halévyb. 1834FRFrench writer (1834–1908)
- Ludovic Kennedyb. 1919GBBritish journalist and broadcaster (1919-2009)
- Bruno Martinib. 1962FRnot in their usual nameFrench footballer (1962–2020)
- Ludovic Orbanb. 1963RO68th Prime Minister of Romania (2019-2020)
- Ludovic Giulyb. 1976FRFrench footballer (born 1976)
- Ludovic Magninb. 1979CHSwiss football player and manager
- Ludovic Obraniakb. 1984FRPolish-French footballer
- Ludovic Sanéb. 1987FRSenegalese and French footballer
- Ludovic Ajorqueb. 1994FRFrench association football player
- Ludovic Blasb. 1997FRFrench footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 57 sources across 35 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 444 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Ludovic?
- We estimate roughly 3.2 million people bear Ludovic (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.
- In which country does Ludovic have the most bearers?
- Ludovic is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled luis.
- How common is Ludovic compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Ludovic is the 7th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.
- Is Ludovic a male or female name?
- Ludovic is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Ludovic mean?
- Recorded meaning: French form of Ludwig, from Germanic hlud + wig, 'famous battle'.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ludovic” — the 7th most common given name in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.