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Ludwik

From Germanic roots meaning "famous warrior". Meeting a Ludwik is memorable, but the name is on solid footing: more boys were given it last year than through most of the 2000s, and it sits inside the top 500 for Polish boys.

Ludwik Pronunciation

Ludwik is pronounced LOOD-veek (/ˈludvik/).

Related names
Ludwika
Alive in 2025
10,241
Newborns 2025
122
National rank
#360
Next name day
12 February
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What Ludwik means

Where Ludwik comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Ludwik comes from the Germanic name Hludwig, built from hlūd, meaning famous or loud, and wīg, meaning war or battle. Put together they give the short meaning that has followed the name ever since: famous warrior. The same root fans out across Europe into the German Ludwig, the French Louis, and the English Lewis, so a Polish Ludwik shares an ancestor with kings and composers abroad.

In Poland the name found its own bearers. Ludwik Zamenhof, born in Białystok in 1859, invented Esperanto and hoped a shared language might soften old hatreds. His first name promised a famous warrior, though he fought with grammar and goodwill rather than a sword.

For girls the name crosses over as Ludwika, the same warrior root under a different ending.

Read a class register and you might still find one Ludwik among the newer names. It is uncommon now. The meaning holds steady: a famous warrior.

When Ludwik celebrates name day

Ludwik appears 10 times in the Polish name day calendar, 2 of them as a main name, the first on 12 February.

Next name day
12 February
Friday in 2027
Next one in 110 days
Name days

The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.

Also celebrates

Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.

How many people are named Ludwik

1 in 2084 men in Poland is named Ludwik. 10,241 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #360 among male names.

People with the name Ludwik 2019 → 2025
10,241 −1,944 since 2019
2020 12,029 −156
2021 11,588 −441
2022 11,127 −461
2023 10,805 −322
2024 10,497 −308
2025 10,241 −256

Ludwik's popularity over time

122 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #233 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2001.

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122 newborns with the name Ludwik in 2025
national rank #233 that year

Where parents choose Ludwik

Ludwik is most popular in Masovian, 23% above the national average (224 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+14%) and Pomeranian (+13%). It is least common in Lubusz and Podlaskie, 49% and 32% below average respectively.

Chosen most
  • Masovian
    +23%
    1 in 1,582 babies
  • Lower Silesian
    +14%
    1 in 1,708 babies
  • Pomeranian
    +13%
    1 in 1,713 babies
Chosen least
  • Lubusz
    −49%
    1 in 3,820 babies
  • Podlaskie
    −32%
    1 in 2,860 babies
  • Subcarpathian
    −29%
    1 in 2,740 babies

Ludwik as a middle name

Ludwik is a first name for 10,241 men in Poland and a middle name for another 19,094, a 35/65 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 89th, between Gabriel (22,230) and Bernard (18,530).

As a first name
10,241
As a middle name
19,094
first name 35% middle name 65%
Middle-name ranking men

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