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Horrible. I can definitely see why no one uses this awful name anymore. It’s so ugly.
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Although it's not one of my favorites, I must admit that Ludwig has an irresistible classy charm about it, as it is a strong name that has stood the test of time.
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This is now one of my favorite names because of Ludwig von Koopa from Super Mario Bros and Germany from Hetalia.
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Ludwig the Holy Blade is a character and boss from the game Bloodborne.
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Ludwig is revealed to be the real name of Medic from the Valve game "Team Fortress 2" in the TF2 comic issue "The Naked and the Dead."
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Ludwig Beethoven is a genius he composed Moonlight Sonata 3rd Movement!
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Also Swedish: https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Ludwig
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I absolutely LOVE this name. I’m from an English-speaking country, so I had never heard of this name until I studied music composition and learned German. Ludwig van Beethoven is one of my favorite composers. It’s such a pretty name when pronounced properly! I have lots of German ancestry so I will use the names of my ancestors to honor them. My first son will be named Ludwig, the other will be called Johann. It may seem a little weird in an English-speaking country (but then again, lots of names seem weird today), but since I plan on moving to Austria in the future, it will seem more in place.
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A strong nobleman name. Not very common nowadays.
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I love Beethoven, I’ve learnt one of his songs, Fur Elise, on the piano!
I don’t like it in the English language but I love it for German people.
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I don’t like it in the English language but I love it for German people.
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I love Ludwig Van Beethoven, I’m using his middle name as my future son's middle name.
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In the anime/manga of Hetalia, a main character called 'Germany' has the human name of Ludwig Beilschmidt.
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Surnamey but not surnamey. Maybe just out of use.
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Ludwig Zamenhof, who created the Esperanto language.
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Way better than Logan.
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Ludwig Galea is a Maltese singer who along with Julie Zahra represented his country in 2004 Eurovision with "On Again, Off Again". They qualified from the first ever semi final and cracked the Top 10.
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Ludwig Goransson is a young Swedish composer who just won an Oscar for the music in Black Panther.
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This name is actually a guilty pleasure of mine. It looks so weird, but at the same time it's so awesome! It also reminds me of Ludwig Von Beethoven, the talented yet strange composer, and Ludwig Von Koopa from the Super Mario games.
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This is also Canadian.
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I really like this name. It's rare, old fashioned but has some great history attached to it.
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When pronounced correctly, Ludwig is a gorgeous name.
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The name Ludwig was given to twelve baby boys born in the U.S. in 2013.
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When I first saw it I thought it was funny but now that I know the real pronunciation I think its actually quite a beautiful name. Very unique.
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I think its an adorable name for boy, and that it would work well for an child or an adult.
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In Europe, this name is actually quite common. Stop relying your on Anglosaxon prejudices to determine if a name is rare or not.
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To the commenter above me are you even from a european country?
Because I live next to Germany and I've never heard anyone with this name.
This name is rare everywhere.
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Because I live next to Germany and I've never heard anyone with this name.
This name is rare everywhere.
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Ludwig (1347-1348) was the son of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV and his wife Margarete.
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Ludwig (1328-1365) was the son of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV and his wife Margarete.
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Ludwig (1316-1361) was the son of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV and his wife Beatrix.
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Ludwig (1717-1719) was the son of King Frederick William I of Prussia and his wife Sophie.
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Ludwig (1666-1687) was the son of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and his first wife Luise.
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Ludwig (846-879) was the son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles II ("the Bald") and his first wife Ermentrude.
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Ludwig (893-911) was the son of Holy Roman Emperor Arnulf of Carinthia and his wife Oda.
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Ludwig (1665-1665) was the son of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria and his wife Enrichetta of Savoy.
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Ludwig (1786-1868) was the son of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his first wife Marie. He later became King Ludwig I of Bavaria.
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Ludwig (1378-1436) was the son of King Rupert of Germany and his wife Elisabeth.
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Ludwig (1773-1796) was the son of King Frederick William II of Prussia and his second wife Friederike.
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Ludwig (1495-1545) was the son of Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Kunigunde.
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Ludwig (778-840) was the son of Charlemagne and his wife Hildegard. He later became King Louis the Pious.
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Ludwig (825-875) was the oldest son of King Lothair I of Germany and his wife Ermengarde. He later became King Louis II.
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Ludwig (1784-1864) was one of the sons of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II and his wife Maria Luisa of Spain.
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Ludwig was the youngest son of Louis the Pious and his first wife Ermengarde. He later became King of Bavaria and King of Eastern Francia.
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The Slavic forms are probably another example of "folk-etymology"—the assimilation of an unfamiliar name or word (archaic or foreign in origin) to a form more familiar to the speaker. E.g. Celtic Cunorix (hound-king) to Saxon Cyneric (royal-king), or the re-analysis of Staniel (stone-yell-from its cry) to "stand-gale" (from its habit of "standing" in the wind).
The -wig element should probably read as the simpler "fight, battle, war", rather than the derived -wiga "warrior", which has a different form in most of the formation-languages. The root is that of weigh, way, wagon—weg-, wig, wag- carry, move, shake, a cousin of Latin veh- in vehere, carry and vehicle. The sense formation parallels that of -lac move, dance, play, fight.
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The -wig element should probably read as the simpler "fight, battle, war", rather than the derived -wiga "warrior", which has a different form in most of the formation-languages. The root is that of weigh, way, wagon—weg-, wig, wag- carry, move, shake, a cousin of Latin veh- in vehere, carry and vehicle. The sense formation parallels that of -lac move, dance, play, fight.
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Ludwig von Drake, a Disney duck character. Some fans speculate that Ludwig is Scrooge McDuck's brother-in-law through Scrooge's sister Matilda. But Matilda's creator, Don Rosa, has never used Ludwig in any of his stories, and he makes it fairly clear that Matilda never married. If Ludwig is related to the Duck family, it's likely through Daisy Duck, or through Donald's paternal line.
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I think Ludwig is often overlooked because it is such an astounding name! I plan on naming my first-born son Ludwig, and family names hyphenated as his middle names.
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In Slovakia, if I'm not mistaken, "Ľudovít" is considered a native form of Ludwig. This is also sometimes true for "Ljudevit" in Croatia, even though these two names are clearly Slavic in origin: in both cases the first element is Slavic lyud "people" and the second is Old Slavic vitb "lord, master".
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The personification of Germany in the four-panel webmanga/anime series Axis Powers Hetalia is called Ludwig. I don't remember his last name though, cause I fail. XD;
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There are actually two German pronunciations of Ludwig. The one listed here (LOOT-vikh) is only used in nothern Germany. In the south - where the name Ludwig was/is more common - it would be pronounced LOOT-vig. [noted -ed]
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"Ludwig Kakumei" by Yuki Kaori is about a perverted prince (named Ludwig, of course) who searches for a suitable princess to marry, with his childhood servant, Wilhelm. In the beginning he's a necrophiliac. He drops that hobby soon, though. It's an awesome manga XD. And I really like how this name sounds too.
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Another famous bearer was Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm II, King of Bavaria. He is famous for his wild imagination and castles, for example Neuschwanstein (which the Disney castle was based on). He was deposed from the throne on grounds of mental illness. After he left on a walk with his doctor, both of their bodies were found floating in Lake Standberg.
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I'm quite surprised nobody's said anything about Ludwig van Beethoven in the way of famous bearers. He's mostly known as the classical composer who went deaf but still continued to compose his music despite his disability.
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Rare, old-fashioned, great associations, what a GREAT name!
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In my opinion, Ludwig is one of the worst names ever! I can see why it is uncommon now.
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This name used to be very popular in Germany (especially Bavaria) but it is not anymore.
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This name is very rare, and your child will stand alone in his class of Haydens, Kadens, and Aidans if he bears this name. Plus everyone will think you named him after Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the greatest composers of all times.
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Famous bearer is Ludwig Erhard, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1963 to 1966.
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Ludwig von Koopa, noting resemblance to Beethoven, is son of Mechapsychotically Mutagenetical Turtle-like men [in Super Mario games].
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A famous bearer of this name is children's book author Ludwig Bemelmans, creator of "Madeline."
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