# Ludvig (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ludvig/  
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 | 16 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 5 | 4,336 |
| 1918 | 5 | 4,550 |
| 1923 | 6 | 4,075 |

## People named Ludvig

- Ludvig Holberg, Danish-Norwegian writer, philosopher and historian (1684–1754)
- Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland’s national poet, author of Finland’s national anthem, Swedish-speaking writer and 
- Carl Ludvig Engel, German architect (1778–1840)
- Ludvig Lorenz, Danish mathematician and physicist (1829-1891)
- Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Danish philologist and hellenist (1854-1928)
- Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg, Danish politician (1815-1892)
- Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish politician (1839-1912)
- Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Danish author, ethnologist, and explorer of Greenland (1872-1907)
- Ludvig Schytte, Danish composer (1848–1909)
- Ludvig Dam, Danish swimmer (1884-1972)
- Niels Ludvig Westergaard, Danish orientalist
- Ludvig Puusepp, Estonian medical researcher and physician (1875-1942)

## 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.