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Ludwin

Boy · LOOD-win · Germanic

Ludwin is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “friend of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).

What does Ludwin mean?

Germanic: Germanic name, used in Central America

“friend of the people”

St Liutwin, or Ludwin, was an early 8th-century bishop of Trier and founder of Mettlach Abbey.

Say it
LOOD-win

Is Ludwin a girl's or a boy's name?

Ludwin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ludwin in the US?

Rank in 2025
#8,239among boys
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 190,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Ludwin, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2008, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.

2025 had more boys named Ludwin than any year since 2015.

Half of all the boys named Ludwin in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

1984Busiest: 12 in 20082025
Ludwin in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#8,239
20246#10,930
20236#10,815
20227#9,815
20215#12,141
20200–
20195#12,138
20180–
20170–
20160–
20159#8,035
20145#12,102
20138#8,784
20125#12,267
20115#12,280
20100–
200910#7,687
200812#6,758
20078#8,909
20066#10,655
200510#7,089
20048#8,137
20036#9,574
20029#7,048
20016#9,236
20000–
199910#6,036
19986#8,472
19979#6,094
19960–
19950–
19946#7,764
19936#7,631
19929#5,652
19910–
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19845#6,311

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