Ludmila or Ludmilla is a female

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of Slavic origin. It consists of two elements: ''lud'' ("people") and ''mila'' ("dear, love"). Because the initial L is mostly soft ( palatalized), it is sometimes also transcribed Lyudmila, Lyudmyla or Ljudmila, and is written as Ľudmila or Ľudmyla in Slovak. Other variants include: Людмила, (Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian), Людміла (Belarusian), Људмила (Macedonian and Serbian), Ludomiła, Ludmiła, Ludzimiła, Ludźmiła (Polish), and Ludmilla (Hungarian). Nicknames in Russian are: Люда (Lyuda), Люся (Lyusya), Мила ( Mila) The most notable bearer is

Ludmila of Bohemia Ludmila of Bohemia (c. 860 – 15 September 921) is a Czech saint and martyr venerated by the Orthodox and the Roman Catholics. She was born in Mělník as the daughter of the Sorbian prince Slavibor. Saint Ludmila was the grandmother ...

, a 10th-century princess and the grandmother of

Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia Wenceslaus I ( cs, Václav ; c. 907 – 28 September 935 or 929), Wenceslas I or ''Václav the Good'' was the Duke ('' kníže'') of Bohemia from 921 until his death, probably in 935. According to the legend, he was assassinated by his younger ...

. The feast day for the saint is September 16, which is celebrated as a

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in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. Other name days include September 17 (Hungary), and February 20, May 7, July 30, and October 26 (Poland). People with the given name Ludmila or variants include:

Medieval and early modern eras

:''In chronological order'' *

(c. 860–921), Czech Orthodox and Roman Catholic saint and martyr * Ludmila (wife of Mieszko I Tanglefoot) (died after 1210), High Duchess of Poland * Ludmilla of Bohemia (died 1240), Duchess consort of Bavaria * Ludmilla Elisabeth of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1640–1672), Countess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and hymn poet

Late modern era

:''In alphabetical order'' * Lyudmila Andonova, Bulgarian high jumper * Ludmilla Assing (1821–1880), German writer * Ludmila Bášová, Czech badminton player * Ludmila Belousova, Russian figure skater *

Lyudmyla Blonska Lyudmyla Leonidivna Blonska, née Shevchuk ( uk, Людмила Леонідівна Блонська (Шевчук)), sometimes known as Lyudmila Blonskaya, (born November 9, 1977) is a Ukrainian former heptathlete, pentathlete, and long jumper ...

, Ukrainian heptathlete * Lyudmila Butuzova, Soviet high jumper * Lyudmila Byakova, Russian seamstress *

Lyudmila Chernykh Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh (russian: Людми́ла Ива́новна Черны́х, June 13, 1935 in Shuya, Ivanovo Oblast – July 28, 2017) was a Russian-born Soviet astronomer, wife and colleague of Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, and a ...

, Soviet astronomer * Ludmilla Chiriaeff (1924–1996), Soviet-born Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher and company director *

Lyudmyla Denisova Lyudmyla Leontiyivna Denisova; russian: Людмила Леонтьевна Денисова, translit=Lyudmila Leontyevna Denisova , Swedish hurdler * Ludmila Ezhova, Russian gymnast * Ludmila Ferber, Brazilian singer * Ludmila Formanová, Czech middle distance runner * Lyudmila Gurchenko, Russian film actress * Ludmila Javorová, Czech vicar general * Ludmila Oliveira da Silva, Brazilian singer * Lyudmila Karachkina, Soviet astronomer * Lyudmila Kolchanova, Russian long jumper * Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Russian athlete * Ludmilla Kunzmann (1774–1843), Czech industrialist * Lyudmyla Lyatetska (1941–2020), Ukrainian paediatrician * Ľudmyla Cervanová, Slovak tennis player * Ľudmyla Melicherová, Slovak long-distance runner * Ľudmyla Pajdušáková, Slovak astronomer * Ludmilla Pajo, Albanian journalist and author *

Lyudmila Pavlichenko Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko, (russian: Людми́ла Миха́йловна Павличе́нко; uk, Людмила Михайлівна Павличенко (romanized: Lyudmyla Mykhailivna Pavlychenko), ; 10 October 1974) was a So ...

(1916–1974), Ukrainian Soviet sniper during World War II * Lyudmila Petrova, Russian long-distance runner * Ludmila Polesná (1934–1988), Czechoslovak world champion slalom canoeist * Lyudmila Poradnyk, Soviet Ukrainian handball player * Liudmila Privivkova, Russian curler * Ludmila Prokunina-Olsson (born 1967), Russian medical geneticist * Lyudmyla Pushkina, Ukrainian long-distance runner * Lyudmila Putina, former wife of Vladimir Putin * Lyudmila Rudenko (1904–1986), Soviet chess player and second women's world chess champion * Liudmila Samsonova, Russian tennis player * Ludmila da Silva, Brazilian footballer * Ludmila Semenyaka, Russian ballerina * Lyudmila Shevtsova, Russian athlete * Lyudmila Stanukinas (1930–2020), Soviet documentary filmmaker * Ludmilla Tchérina (1924–2004), French prima ballerina, sculptor, actress, painter, choreographer and novelist * Ludmilla Tourischeva (born 1952), Russian Olympic and world champion gymnast * Ludmila Vachtová (1933–2020), Czech art historian and critic * Lyudmila Verbitskaya (1936–2019), Russian linguist and teacher; president of Saint Petersburg State University * Lyudmila Veselkova, Soviet middle distance runner *

Lyudmila Zhivkova Lyudmila Todorova Zhivkova ( bg, Людмила Тодорова Живкова; 26 July 1942 – 21 July 1981) was a senior Bulgarian Communist Party functionary and Politburo member. She was the daughter of Bulgarian Communist leader Todor Zh ...

, Bulgarian politician * Lyudmila Zhuravleva, Soviet astronomer *

Lyudmila Zykina Lyudmila Georgievna Zykina (russian: link=no, Людми́ла Гео́ргиевна Зы́кина; 10 June 1929 – 1 July 2009) was a national folk singer of Russia. She was born in Moscow and joined the Pyatnitsky Choir in 1947. Her surna ...

, Russian singer

Fictional characters

* Ludmilla, the main antagonist of '' Bartok the Magnificent'' * Ludmilla Vipiteno, the "Other Reader" in the novel ''

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,'' by

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Medieval and early modern eras

Late modern era

Fictional characters

See also