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Ludvig

“famous warrior or famous in battle”

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Swedish

Origin: Not established
8 language contexts: Polish Swedish Danish +5 more
Follow the evidence: 12 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Ludvig

Ludvig is a masculine given name documented in Polish, Swedish, Danish and 5 other languages. It is a form of Ludwig, for which English Wikipedia gives the meaning “famous warrior or famous in battle”.

2 source accounts

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “famous warrior or famous in battle”

Do germânico (frâncico) Hlodwig, Hlud (famoso, glorioso) + wig (guerra, batalha). O nome veio do rei dos francos, Clóvis I (também em frâncico Chlodwig) que reinou de 481 até sua morte em 511. Ele foi o primeiro rei franco a unificar totalmente esta nação bárbara. O nome significa guerreiro glorioso.

Sources for this account (9)

Portuguese Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q12233911CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Ludwig (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

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Chinese Wiktionary accountSource-reported源自德語 Ludwig。

源自德語 Ludwig。

Sources for this account (1)

Chinese Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Ludvig is used

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8 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 1923: 6 boys (rank 3822).

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4 of 9 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Ludvig

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 262; births; Rank #13
Peak year: 2025; 262 births

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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Ludvig in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	8	278	observed
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	6	320	observed
1949	10	255	observed
1950	7	299	observed
1951	8	290	observed
1952	5	351	observed
1953	4	384	observed
1954	6	344	observed
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	5	385	observed
1958	5	404	observed
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	5	429	observed
1961	5	415	observed
1962	5	439	observed
1963	5	459	observed
1964	6	444	observed
1965	4	510	observed
1966	5	484	observed
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	5	547	observed
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	5	552	observed
1983	7	486	observed
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	4	609	observed
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	8	459	observed
1988	7	492	observed
1989	8	442	observed
1990	8	446	observed
1991	14	316	observed
1992	9	388	observed
1993	18	277	observed
1994	19	256	observed
1995	19	244	observed
1996	33	178	observed
1997	19	251	observed
1998	31	179	observed
1999	37	168	observed
2000	43	159	observed
2001	42	153	observed
2002	39	152	observed
2003	44	144	observed
2004	45	149	observed
2005	52	132	observed
2006	72	109	observed
2007	80	99	observed
2008	75	114	observed
2009	76	111	observed
2010	102	88	observed
2011	142	61	observed
2012	122	73	observed
2013	132	63	observed
2014	142	59	observed
2015	154	47	observed
2016	169	45	observed
2017	157	47	observed
2018	166	44	observed
2019	138	49	observed
2020	129	46	observed
2021	186	28	observed
2022	224	17	observed
2023	212	23	observed
2024	250	15	observed
2025	262	13	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Ludvig” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Ludvig— “famous war”
Ludvig, _m._ _Swed._ Teu. famous war, 405
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Ludvig Holberg
1684–1754
Danish-Norwegian writer, philosopher and historian (1684–1754)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Johan Ludvig Runeberg
1804–1877
Finland’s national poet, author of Finland’s national anthem, Swedish-speaking writer and poet (1804–77)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Carl Ludvig Engel
1778–1840
German architect (1778–1840)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Ludvig Lorenz
1829–1891
Danish mathematician and physicist (1829-1891)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Ludvig Nobel
1831–1888
Swedish businessman, humanitarian (1831–1888)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms10

Wikidata Q12233911CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Ludwig (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: LudwigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Ludvig.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates8

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Sweden — grouped top 100 newborn calling names, 1998–2022
Statistics Sweden (SCB) · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce — first given names of children, PESEL register, 2000-2025 (national)
Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (Ministry of Digital Affairs), Poland — PESEL register; published on dane.gov.pl · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Ludvig

2 source accounts

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “famous warrior or famous in battle”

Sources for this account (9)

Portuguese Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q12233911CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Ludwig (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

Chinese Wiktionary accountSource-reported源自德語 Ludwig。

源自德語 Ludwig。

Sources for this account (1)

Chinese Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Ludvig is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Ludvig’s connections around the world.

8 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 1923: 6 boys (rank 3822).

Explore United States

4 of 9 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Ludvig

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 262; births; Rank #13
Peak year: 2025; 262 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Ludvig in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	8	278	observed
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	6	320	observed
1949	10	255	observed
1950	7	299	observed
1951	8	290	observed
1952	5	351	observed
1953	4	384	observed
1954	6	344	observed
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	5	385	observed
1958	5	404	observed
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	5	429	observed
1961	5	415	observed
1962	5	439	observed
1963	5	459	observed
1964	6	444	observed
1965	4	510	observed
1966	5	484	observed
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	5	547	observed
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	5	552	observed
1983	7	486	observed
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	4	609	observed
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	8	459	observed
1988	7	492	observed
1989	8	442	observed
1990	8	446	observed
1991	14	316	observed
1992	9	388	observed
1993	18	277	observed
1994	19	256	observed
1995	19	244	observed
1996	33	178	observed
1997	19	251	observed
1998	31	179	observed
1999	37	168	observed
2000	43	159	observed
2001	42	153	observed
2002	39	152	observed
2003	44	144	observed
2004	45	149	observed
2005	52	132	observed
2006	72	109	observed
2007	80	99	observed
2008	75	114	observed
2009	76	111	observed
2010	102	88	observed
2011	142	61	observed
2012	122	73	observed
2013	132	63	observed
2014	142	59	observed
2015	154	47	observed
2016	169	45	observed
2017	157	47	observed
2018	166	44	observed
2019	138	49	observed
2020	129	46	observed
2021	186	28	observed
2022	224	17	observed
2023	212	23	observed
2024	250	15	observed
2025	262	13	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Ludvig— “famous war”
Ludvig, _m._ _Swed._ Teu. famous war, 405
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Ludvig Holberg
1684–1754
Danish-Norwegian writer, philosopher and historian (1684–1754)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Johan Ludvig Runeberg
1804–1877
Finland’s national poet, author of Finland’s national anthem, Swedish-speaking writer and poet (1804–77)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Carl Ludvig Engel
1778–1840
German architect (1778–1840)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Ludvig Lorenz
1829–1891
Danish mathematician and physicist (1829-1891)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Ludvig Nobel
1831–1888
Swedish businessman, humanitarian (1831–1888)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms10

Wikidata Q12233911CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: LudvigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Ludwig (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: LudwigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Ludvig.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates8

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Sweden — grouped top 100 newborn calling names, 1998–2022
Statistics Sweden (SCB) · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce — first given names of children, PESEL register, 2000-2025 (national)
Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (Ministry of Digital Affairs), Poland — PESEL register; published on dane.gov.pl · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Ludvig

Meaning in the sources

Where Ludvig is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Ludvig Holberg

Johan Ludvig Runeberg

Carl Ludvig Engel

Ludvig Lorenz

Ludvig Nobel

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Ludvig

Meaning in the sources

Where Ludvig is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Ludvig Holberg

Johan Ludvig Runeberg

Carl Ludvig Engel

Ludvig Lorenz

Ludvig Nobel

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page