German socialist philosophy

Ludwig is a German name, deriving from Old High German Hludwīg, also spelled Hluotwīg. Etymologically, the name can be traced back to the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name hlūdawiganaz, which is composed of two elements: hlūdaz ("loud, famous") and *wiganą ("to battle, to fight") respectively, the resulting name meaning "famous warrior" or "famous in battle". This is an equivalent of the name Louis. The name is pronounced in German as LOOT-vig, with the second syllable pronounced as /v/ rather than English /w/.