# Lyudmila (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lyudmila/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Liudmila, Ludmila |
| US babies named this | 27 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 27 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Russian Людмила (Ljudmila) or Ukrainian Людмила (Ljudmyla).

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6 | 12,703 |
| 2005 | 5 | 18,114 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,940 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,749 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16,748 |

## People named Lyudmila

- Lyudmila Andonova, Bulgarian high jumper
- Lyudmila Zhivkova, Bulgarian minister (1942-1981)
- Lyudmila Shishova, fencer (1940–2004)
- Lyudmila Yegorova, artistic gymnast (1931-2009)
- Lyudmila Marchenko, actress (1940-1997)
- Lyudmila Shubina, Azerbaijani handball player
- Lyudmila Yanukovych, 4th First Lady of Ukraine
- Lyudmila Gromova, artistic gymnast
- Lyudmila Filipova, Bulgarian author
- Liudmila Kalinchik, Belarusian biathlete
- Ljudmila Ananka, Belarusian biathlete
- Liudmila Vauchok, Belarusian sportsperson

## 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.