Ludovico

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Ludovico

Say it: loo-DOH-vee-koh

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Meaning

From Germanic Hludwig, from hlud 'famous' and wig 'battle'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

11 babies given this name since 2018
At its height in 2018, about 1 in 301,700 boys
Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

The Renaissance1400 to 1600

Used by

The family of the name

Other spellings: Lodovico

English	Louis
French	Louis
German	Ludwig

Famous bearers

Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan
Ludovico Ariosto, poet

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies
Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.