Ludovica
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ludovica is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country. Recorded meaning: a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Louise or Louisa.
- ITItaly≈1 in 4K(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 199K
- NLNetherlands1 in 8.5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 171 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈16,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Louise or Louisa
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ludovica counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | #557 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 4K | 3.1K | Ludovica | 171 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 2,043 | 1 in 8.5K | 2K | Ludovica | 11 |
| TZ Tanzania | — | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 140K | — | Ludovica | 4 |
| FR France | — | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 199K | — | Ludovica | 111 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Ludovica | 21 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈90 est. | ≈1 in 93K | — | Ludovica | 19 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈86 est. | ≈1 in 136K | — | Ludovica | 13 |
| MD Moldova | — | 28 | 1 in 120K | 28 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); e-services.md — living population register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ludovica is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, ) Ludovika; Ludowika: weibl.
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Guerriera famosa
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
German, Dutch, and occasionally English: Latinate feminine form of LUDOVIC .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ludovica Albertonib. 1474ITItalian Franciscan tertiary and blessed
- Princess Luisa Cristina of Savoyb. 1629ITnot in their usual namePrincess of Savoy and Oneglia (1629-1692)
- Ludovika Katharina Maria des Bordesb. 1787DEnot in their usual nameGerman author (1787-1854)
- Annette von Droste-Hülshoffb. 1797DEnot in their usual nameGerman composer and writer (1797–1848)
- Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoyb. 1940ITnot in their usual nameSavoyard Royal and historian
- Ludovica Modugnob. 1949ITItalian actress
- Ludovica Rampoldib. 1979ITItalian writer
- Ludovica Martinob. 1997ITItalian actress
- Ludovica Nastib. 2006ITItalian actress
- Ludovica FerrarioITItalian production designer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 39 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2023 | 3.2K | #7 |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2022 | 3.1K | #8 |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2024 | 3.1K | #7 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 2K | #827 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 400 | #3,696 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 48 | #6,868 |
| MD Moldova | e-services.md — living population register | — | 28 | #1,731 |
| NL Netherlands | Babynamen — Lijst met meer dan 22.000 namen (Amelia King, 2020) | — | — | — |
| IT Italy | Il Grande Libro dei Nomi per Bebè (2020) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ludovica mean, and where does it come from?
- a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Louise or Louisa Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How common is the name Ludovica?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 2,043 people named Ludovica, about 1 in 8.5 thousand residents.
- How common is Ludovica compared with other names?
- In Italy, Ludovica is the 557th most common given name of 102,667 given names recorded there.
- Is Ludovica a male or female name?
- Ludovica is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Ludovica?
- In the etymology graph, Louise, Louisa and Louella are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Ludovica have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named Ludovica in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ludovica.
What do you want to know about Ludovica?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ludovicaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ludovica” — the 557th most common given name in Italy. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.