# Lodewijk (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lodewijk/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Lodewijk

- Lodewijk van den Berg, Chemical engineer and astronaut (1932–2022)
- Lodewijk Asscher, Dutch politician
- Lodewijk van Heiden, Dutch admiral commanding Russian fleet at Navarino (1773–1850)
- Lodewijk Prins, Dutch chess player (1913-1999)
- Lodewijk de Vadder, Flemish painter and engraver (1605-1655)
- Lodewijk Woltjer, Dutch astronomer (1930-2019)
- Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer, Dutch classical scholar (1715–1785)
- Karel Lodewijk Ledeganck, Flemish writer (1805-1847)
- Lodewijk Toeput, Dutch painter (1550-1605)
- Lodewijk Aerts, Belgian roman catholic bishop
- Lodewijk van Deyssel, Dutch writer under pseudonym Lodewijk van Deyssel (1864-1952)
- Lodewijk Mortelmans, Belgian composer (1868-1952)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.