Ludwig

Where Ludwig comes from

Borrowed from German Ludwig, which see for more information. Doublet of Louis etc.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ludwig
  • German
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1770
    Ludwig van Beethoven born
    German composer
  2. 1804
    Ludwig Feuerbach born
    German philosopher and anthropologist
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #640 among boys — 9 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1893
    Peak, #479
    15 babies named Ludwig — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1894
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #954.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from German.
Namesakes
  • Ludwig van Beethoven · German composer, 1770–1827
  • Ludwig Feuerbach · German philosopher and anthropologist, 1804–1872
  • Ludwig Erhard · Chancellor of West Germany, 1897–1977
  • Ludwig Boltzmann · Austrian physicist and philosopher, 1844–1906
  • Ludwig Mies van der Rohe · German architect, 1886–1969

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.