Lodewyk is a

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

and

Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gra ...

given name, equivalent to

Louis Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis ( ...

or Lewis in English. While in modern Dutch the name is spelled Lodewijk, Afrikaans retains ''Lodewyk''. Notable people with the name include: *

Lodewyk van Bercken Lodewyk van Bercken (also known in French as ''Louis de Berquem'') was a mid- to late-15th century Flemish jeweller and diamond cutter, renowned in the industry for inventing the scaif. The device revolutionized the diamond cutting industry an ...

( fl. 1456), Flemish jeweler and diamond cutter who invented the scaif * Lodewyk de Deyster (1656–1711), Flemish artist and maker of musical instruments * William Lodewyk Crowther (1817–1885), Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania 1878–79 * Edward Lodewyk Crowther (1843–1931), Australian politician, son of William * Christian Lodewyk Stals (born 1935), South African businessperson * François Philippus Lodewyk Steyn (born 1987), South African rugby player