Ludvig
About Ludvig
Unlikely to catch on in the Anglophone world, where parent name Ludwig still conjures up images of Beethoven. But Ludvig actually ranks among the top boy names in Norway and Sweden, while German form Ludwig ranks among the Top 100 boy names in Germany and Ludovico is cool in Italty.
Pronounced LOOD-vig.
As of October 2026, Ludvig ranked #4075 in US births in 1923 SSA.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
World rankings
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Ludvig.
- Fabrizio
- Filmore
- Carmichael
- Hilary
- Kay
- Adelbert
- Shem
- Evangelista
- Rut
- Gad
- Horatius
- Enrico
- Bronislaw
- Baruch
- Feliks
- Gerhard
- Gaspar
- Thom
- Lon
- Lionel
Ludvig on lists
Famous Ludvigs
- Anton Ludvig Alvestad
Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
- Christian Ludvig Diriks
Norwegian Minister of Auditing and Minister of Postal Affairs
- Christofer Rutger Ludvig Manderström
Swedish , Norwegian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
- Fredrik Ludvig Konow
Norwegian Minister of Finance
- Johan Ludvig
Danish Minister of state
- Ludvig Almqvist
Swedish politician
- Ludvig Aubert
Norwegian Minister of Justice
- Ludvig Daae
Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party
- Ludvig Holstein
Holsteinborg, Danish politician
- Ludvig Holstein
Ledreborg, Danish politician
- Johan Ludvig Heiberg
Danish poet and critic
- Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Finland,Swedish poet
- Ludvig Holberg
Danish,Norwegian writer and playwright
- Ludvig G. Braathen
Norwegian shipping magnate and founder of the Braathens airline
- Ludvig Engsund
Swedish ice hockey goaltender
- Ludvig Faddeev
Russian theoretical physicist and mathematician
- Ludvig Hektoen
American pathologist
- Ludvig Mylius
Erichsen, Danish explorer
- Ludvig Nobel
Swedish engineer, businessman and humanitarian
- Ludvig Schytte
Danish composer, pianist, and teacher
- Ludvig Strigeus
Swedish programmer
- Carl Ludvig Engel
German architect
- Ernst Ludvig Ipsen
American portrait painter
- Harald Ludvig Westergaard
Danish statistician and economist