Lud Forename

188,322nd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,671 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Congo

Lud Forename Definition:

Lud, nativity or generation. The fourth son of Shem. Gen. x. 22.

Lud Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
59%
 
3831:946,57220,229
Congo
71%
 
1631:30,7312,744
Indonesia
100%
1601:1,612,27387,736
Brazil
100%
1591:1,347,39732,231
Peru
 
91%
1451:219,2515,501
India
 
69%
1311:9,273,878286,296
Colombia
100%
1061:450,7457,320
Mexico
 
83%
611:2,035,15512,026
Netherlands
100%
581:291,4159,256
Philippines
71%
 
551:1,927,44543,348
Canada-231:1,440,58124,592
Venezuela
98%
 
221:1,372,81326,977
France-181:3,692,79717,000
Honduras
100%
131:678,2678,995
Germany
78%
 
121:8,056,49029,150
Taiwan-121:1,980,80751,381
Russia
 
67%
101:14,423,37048,053
Kosovo-101:186,1447,603
Haiti-101:1,072,69514,984
Chile
 
78%
101:1,760,72112,680
Gabon
100%
91:209,2602,118
Saudi Arabia-91:3,423,61814,711
El Salvador-81:792,7235,723
Belgium
100%
71:1,641,43416,483
Thailand
 
84%
71:10,009,402140,485
Malaysia
90%
 
61:5,074,990119,899
Nicaragua
50%
 
51:1,203,66714,616
Papua New Guinea
75%
 
41:2,038,078115,092
Ecuador-41:4,431,73016,276
Dominican Republic-41:2,607,81819,206
England
100%
41:13,900,73089,263
Guatemala
100%
31:5,369,4769,171
South Africa
100%
31:18,177,550242,026
Italy
 
83%
21:30,531,04557,596
Nigeria
100%
21:88,782,180420,186
Pakistan
100%
21:97,178,840228,758
Panama-21:1,953,27831,007
Argentina-21:21,386,62229,627
Scotland-11:5,350,36624,769
Senegal
100%
11:14,581,35634,505
Turkey
100%
11:77,801,70991,051
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Switzerland
100%
11:8,213,49636,387
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Bosnia and Herzegovina-11:3,524,4588,651
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Czechia
100%
11:10,656,16211,509
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
French Polynesia-11:277,9023,605
Paraguay
100%
11:7,236,80516,549
Ivory Coast-11:23,075,933135,227
Jordan-11:8,826,77411,126
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Malawi
100%
11:17,112,31024,110
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513

Lud (462) may also be a surname.

Lud Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Lud, nativity or generation. The fourth son of Shem. Gen. x. 22.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: to the firebrand: travailing.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

Lud Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Laud866,519/
Luud86646/
Luid86400/
Loud86392/
Luyd86179/
Lyud8667/
Liud8663/
Ludh8635/
Ludd8633/
Leud8614/
Ludt866/
Lusd864/
Llud862/
Ludë861/
Lu'd861/
Ludï861/
Lutd861/
Hlud861/
Lujd861/
Ludp861/
Lhud861/
Lu80170,717/
Ludgy7566/
Lahud7526/
Laudh7524/
Louyd7520/
Luisd7518/
Lloud7512/
Luydh7511/
Laudz7511/
Luidh757/
Luids757/
Luidd756/
Luydd755/
Lhuid755/
Lluyd755/
Luddh755/
Laudt754/
Leudh754/
Lohud753/
Leuds753/
Lluid753/
Luyhd752/
Louds752/
Lludd752/
Lausd752/
Lhuyd752/
Louhd752/
Ludth752/
Luydt751/
Liujd751/
Lauhd751/
Llaud751/
Luyds751/
Luudh751/
Luthd751/
Loudd751/
Loudt751/
Luidt751/
Lauds751/
Lushd751/
Luz672,552,166/
Lou67536,805/
Luh6766,870/
Luu6756,254/
Liu6739,521/
Lau6722,725/
Lui6714,175/
Lut6713,124/
Lus679,252/
Luy676,504/
Lux674,151/
Leu671,579/
Lup671,307/
Lyu67876/
Lod67441/
Luj67185/
Llu67124/
Lhu6747/
Hlu6726/
Lgu6716/
Luí6710/
Luá676/
Llouyd673/
Ludova673/
Luì672/
Ludyyu672/
Loudgy672/
Luydgy672/
Lahaud672/
Laudtz672/
Luë671/
Luittd671/
Laaeud671/
Lhuydd671/
Luç671/
Luadya671/

Lud Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lud in the Russian language
Лудlud-

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