MEANING & HISTORY
What does Luis mean?
Luis belongs to the Louis and Ludwig family. Its older Germanic elements express fame and battle.
Spanish Luis came through French forms of the name, showing why its spelling differs substantially from Ludwig. Famous warrior is a convenient summary, while fame and battle are the individual root glosses. The name does not imply military service.
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Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
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Origin and name formation
Germanic
Dictionary accounts by language
Tagalog
Borrowed from Spanish Luis.
a male given name from Spanish
Cebuano
From Spanish Luis.
a male given name from Spanish
English
Borrowed from Spanish Luis and Portuguese Luís. Doublet of Louis and Luigi.
A male given name from Spanish.
Spanish
Borrowed from Old French Louis, Looïs, Luis, from Latin Ludovīcus, from Old High German *Hlūtwīg or Frankish *Hlōdowig, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”). Compare Portuguese Luís, English Louis, Italian Luigi, German Ludwig. Doublet of Ludovico.
a male given name, equivalent to English Louis
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
People with the name Luis
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Luis Antonio Tagle
Filipino Roman Catholic cardinal (1957-)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Manuel L. Quezon
President of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944
Descriptions: Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Related forms & spellings
Similar names to Luis
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Names in this collection
- Luís♂Portuguese Louis form; famous in battle
- Louis♂Famous in battle
- Luisa♀Famous in battle; feminine form of Luis
- Lucas♂Traditionally explained as from Lucania
- Lucia♀Feminine Lucius; light-name tradition
- Lucía♀Spanish form of Lucia; light-name family
- Lucio♂Light; through the Roman name Lucius
- Lucy♀Form of Lucia; traditionally related to light
What rhymes with Luis?
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Names with a similar written ending
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Recorded combinations with Luis
9 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Antonio Luis♂Antonio: Spanish and Italian form of Antonius; Luis: Spanish form of Louis
- Carlo Luis♂Carlo: Italian form of Charles; Luis: Spanish form of Louis
- Ignacio Luis♂Ignacio: Spanish form of Ignatius, with an uncertain older Egnatius origin; Luis: Spanish form of Louis
- Jesus Luis♂Yeshua-family Jesus; famous battle in Luis
- José Luis♂José: Joseph form; Luis: Spanish Louis
- Luis Manuel♂Luis: Spanish form of Louis; Manuel: Spanish and Portuguese form of Emmanuel
- Luis Rodel♂Recorded as a name in Philippine sources; its origin is not established in the sources checked
- Luis Zacarias♂Luis: Spanish form of Louis; Zacarias: an explicitly recorded Portuguese form of Zechariah and Zacharias
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Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 33 elected-candidate records ·
LUIS JR.
· CSV row 569 · ODbL 1.0 - Wikidata
- 36 person records with this given name · Q2598693 · CC0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata given-name item Q2598693 — Luis (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Manuel L. Quezon (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Luis Antonio Tagle (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Luis (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Luis (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Luis (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Luis (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: Luis (opens in a new tab)