Across the world, Ludvig (Ludvig 
, Людвиг 
, Людвіг , along with others...) is quite a common boy's first name. The first name Ludvig is habitual in Sweden, where it is quite a common boy's name, Georgia, where it is quite a rare male name, and Denmark. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Sweden, Ukraine, and Russia. Also, Ludvig is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Ludvig | Hungary, Brazil, Denmark, Sweden, New Zealand |
| Людвиг | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Armenia |
| Людвіг | Ukraine, Belarus |
| Лудвиг | Kazakhstan, Russia, Armenia, Bulgaria |
| לודוויג | Israel |
Chlodwig, Clodoveo, Clovis, Clóvis, Lajos, Lewis, Lewys, Lluis, Lluís, Lodewijk, Lodovico, Loeiz, Loic, Looqi, Louis, Loís, Loïc, Loïck, Ludovic, Ludovico, Ludovicus, Ludvik, Ludvine, Ludvíg, Ludvík, Ludvíková, Ludwig, Ludwik, Luigi, Luis, Luiz, Luã S, Luís, Vikke, Ľudovít, Λουί, Карл, Кловис, Лайош, Лоик, Лудвик, Лудвіг, Луи, Луиджи, Луис, Луис, Луи, Луиш, Луіс, Луіш, Луї,
Ludvig is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ludwig Von Drake , the Disney character, An Adventure in Color/Mathmagicland; Gendarme Ludovic Cruchot , character in The gendarme; Ludo Bagman , the wizard in the Harry Potter universe; Ludwig Frankenstein , the fictional character, The Ghost of Frankenstein and Ludwig Dressler , the fictional character from Lindenstraße, among other works.
| ludvig albertsen eberstein (b. 1250) |
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ludvig munk Governor-general of Norway, DK (b. 1537) |
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ludvig rosenkrantz (1628-1685), DK (b. 1628) |
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| ludvig hanssøn munthe Danish-Norwegian bishop of Bergen (Bjørgvin) (b. 1593) |
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ludvig fabritius Swedish diplomat (1648-1729), SE (b. 1648) |
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| ludvig wierich lewenhaupt Swedish military personnel, SE (b. 1622) |
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ludvig holberg Danish-Norwegian writer, philosopher and historian (1684-1754), NO (b. 1684) |
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ludvig von saltza Swedish major-general and county governor, SE (b. 1685) |
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| ludvig stoud Danish-Norwegian theologian and priest, NO (b. 1649) |
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| ludvig fahlström Swedish baron, major-general and county governor, SE (b. 1655) |
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| ludvig pontoppidan DK (b. 1648) |
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ludvig harboe Norwegian bishop, DK (b. 1709) |
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| ludvig ernst von woyda (b. 1660) |
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| ludvig manderström SE (b. 1691) |
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| ludvig riddercrantz (b. 1697) |
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