LudaMila
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Czech, general eastern European name, but more favored among Ukrainians, Polish and Russians.
MEANING:
Means "favour of the people" from the Slavic origin lud "people" and mila "gracious, dear".
NAMESAKES & HISTORY:
Saint Ludmila, was a 10th-century princess from Bohemia, the grandmother of Saint Wenceslaus (Saint Václav). The feast day for the saint is September 16, which is celebrated as a name day in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.
American Actress: Mila Jovovich
Various Russian athletes
Character of a poem by Alexander Pushkin "Ruslan and Ludmila"
NAME DAY:
Czech Republic: September 16
Latvia: June 22
Russia: September 29
Slovakia: September 16
RELATED NAMES & ALTERNATIVE SPELLING:
Ludmilla, Lyudmila (Bulgarian),
Ludmiła (Polish),
Ludmilla, Lyudmila (Russian),
Ljudmila (Slovene),
Lyudmyla (Ukrainian)
NICKNAME(S): Люда (Luda), Ludik, Ludochka, Ludmilka, Lusik, Люся (Lusya), Lucy, Мила (Mila), Milochka, Milashka, Milica