Louis (given name)

Louis
Louis XIV was king of France (1643–1715)
Pronunciation	UK: /ˈluːi/ US: /ˈluːɪs/ French: [lwi]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Germanic
Origin
Word/name	French
Meaning	Famous warrior (Ludwig)
Other names
Alternative spelling	Louys
Derived	Louise
Related names	Louie, Clovis, Lewis, Ludovico, Luigi, Luis, Ludvig, Ludwig, Lodewijk, Lodewyk

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Louis.

Louis is the French form of the Old Frankish given name Chlodowig and one of two English forms,^[1] the other being Lewis (/ˈluːɪs/). The Frankish name is composed of the words for "fame" (hlōd) and "warrior" (wīg) which may be translated to famous warrior or "famous in battle".^[2]

Variant forms

• Afrikaans: Louis
• Arabic: لويس‎ and لؤي
• Albanian: Luigj, Ludovik
• Ancient Germanic: Chlodovech, Clodovicus, Ludovicus, Clovis, Hludowig
• Armenian: Լուդովիկ (Loudovik)^[3]
• Basque: Aloxi, Koldobika, Luki, Koldo
• Breton: Loeiz, Loïc
• Bengali: লুইস, লুডউইগ, translit. Luis/Luish, Luduig
• Bulgarian: Людовик (Lyudovik)
• Catalan: Lluís
• Chinese Simplified: 路易 (Lùyì)
• Chinese Traditional: 路易 (Lùyì)
• Croatian: Alojzije, Ljudevit, Ludovik, Lujo, Alojz
• Czech: Ludvík, Alois, Luděk
• Danish: Ludvig, Lodvig
• Macedonian: Лудвиг (Ludvig), Луј (Luj), Људевит (Ljudevit)
• Dutch: Lodewijk, Lode, Lodevicus, Loe, Louis, Lowie, Lowieke, Ludo, Ludovicus
• English: Louis, Louie, Lou, Lewis, Lewes, Lewie, Lew, Lewy or Luey; Ludovic, Lodvig, Lodovig
• Esperanto: Ludoviko, Luĉjo
• French: Louis, Ludovic, Clovis
• Galician: Lois, Luís
• Georgian: ხლოდვიგი (Khlodvigi), ლუდვიგი (ludvigi), ლუდოვიკი (ludoviki), ლუი (lui)
• German: Ludwig, Alois, Aloysius, Lutz
• Greek: Λουδοβίκος (Loudovíkos)
• Hawaiian: Lui
• Hindi: लुइस (Lu'is)
• Hungarian: Lajos, Alajos
• Irish: Alaois, Alabhaois, Laoiseach, Lughaidh
• Indonesian: Aloysius
• Icelandic: Loðvík
• Irish: Alaois
• Italian: Aloigi, Aloisi, Aloisio, Luigi, Lodovico, Ludovico, Alvise, Gigi, Gigio, Gigino, Ginetto, Gino, Luigino, Vico
• Japanese: ルイ(Rui)
• Korean: 루이스 (Luiseu)
• Latin: Ludovicus, Aloysius
• Latvian: Ludviķis, Ludis, Ludvigs
• Lithuanian: Liudvikas, Aloyzas, Liudas
• Medieval Occitan: Aloys, Aloysius
• Norwegian: Ludvig, Lodve
• Occitan: Loís
• Persian: لوئیس
• Polish: Ludwik, Alojzy
• Portuguese: Luís, Aloísio, Aluísio, Ludovico (Luiz is an archaic form), Luisinho
• Punjabi: ਲੂਯਿਸ (Lūyis)
• Romanian: Aloisiu, Ludovic
• Russian: Людовик (Lyudovik)
• Scottish Gaelic: Luthais
• Sicilian: Luiggi, Ludovicu
• Serbian: Луј (Luj), Људевит (Ljudevit)
• Slovak: Ľudovít, Alojz
• Slovene: Alojz, Lojze, Ljudevit, Luj, Alojzij, Ludvik
• Spanish: Luis , Ludovico
• Swedish: Ludvig, Love, Ludde
• Tamil: லூயிஸ் (Lūyis)
• Telugu: లూయిస్ (Lūyis)
• Thai: หลุยส์ (H̄luys̄̒)
• Ukrainian: Людовик (Lyudovyk)
• Welsh: Lewis

Feminine variants

• Arabic: لويز
• Belarusian: Луіза (Luiza)
• Chinese Simplified: 路易丝 (Lùyìsī)
• Chinese Traditional: 路易絲 (Lùyìsī)
• Croatian: Alojzija
• Danish: Lovise
• Dutch: Louisa, Louise, Ludovica
• English: Louisa, Lou, Louella, Lula, Luella
• Estonian: Loviise
• Finnish: Loviisa
• French: Lou, Louise, Louisette
• German: Aloisia, Louisa, Luise, Lulu, Luisa
• Greek: Λουίζα (Louíza)
• Gujarati: લુઇસ (Lu'isa)
• Hebrew: לואיז
• Hindi: लुइस (Lu'isa)
• Hungarian: Lujza
• Italian: Lodovica, Ludovica, Luigia, Luisa, Gigia, Gina, Ginetta, Luigina, Luisella
• Japanese: ルイーザ (Ruīza), ルイ (Rui)
• Kannada: ಲೂಯಿಸ್ (Lūyis)
• Korean: 루이사 (Luisa)
• Lithuanian: Liudvika
• Maori: Ruiha
• Macedonian: Лујза (Lujza), Лојза (Lojza)
• Mongolian: Луиза (Luiza)
• Nepali: लुइस ( Lu'isa)
• Norwegian: Lovise
• Persian: لوئیس
• Polish: Ludwika, Luiza
• Portuguese: Luísa, Luiza
• Romanian: Luiza
• Serbian: Луиз (Luiz)
• Slovak: Alojzia
• Slovene: Alojzija
• Spanish: Luisa, Luisina, Luisita
• Swedish: Lovisa
• Tamil: லூயிஸ் ( Lūyis)
• Telugu: లూయిస్ ( Lūyis)
• Thai: หลุยส์ ( H̄luys̄̒)
• Ukrainian: Луїза (Luyiza)
• Urdu: لوئیس

Arts and entertainment

• Louis (singer) (1952–2011), Serbian singer
• Louis Armstrong (1901–1971), American jazz musician
• Louis C.K. (born 1967), American comedian
• Louis Calabro (1926–1991), Italian American orchestral composer
• Louis Calhern (1895–1956), American actor
• Lou Costello (1906–1959), American comedian
• Lou Dobbs (born 1945), CNN anchor
• Lou Ferrigno (born 1951), American bodybuilder and actor
• Louis Gallodier (1734–1803), ballet master and choreographer
• Louis Gossett, Jr. (born 1936), American actor
• Louis I. Kahn (1901–1974), American architect
• Louis Jordan (1908–1975), pioneering American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter
• Louis Jourdan (1921–2015), French actor
• Louis Jouvet (1887–1951), French actor and director
• Louis L'Amour (1908–1988), American author of Western fiction
• Louis Logic, American underground rapper
• Louis Prima, (1910-1978), Italian American jazz and swing musician and trumpeter
• Louis Rukeyser (1933–2006), American economic commentator
• Lou Diamond Phillips (born 1962), American actor
• Lou Rawls (1933–2006), American musician
• Lou Reed (1942–2013), American musician
• Louis Sachar (born 1954), American author of children's books
• Louis Spohr (1784–1859), German composer
• Louis Sullivan (1856–1924), American architect
• Louis Theroux (born 1970), British television broadcaster
• Louis Tomlinson (born 1991), English pop singer; one-fourth of English-Irish boy band One Direction
• Louis Van Lint (1909–1986), Belgian artist
• Louis Vuitton (designer) (1821–1892), French fashion designer
• Louis Wain (1860–1936), British artist who drew cats
• Louis Walsh (born 1952), Irish entertainment manager

Politics

• Louis Brandeis (1856–1941), American Supreme Court justice and Zionist leader
• Louis H. Bruni (born 1949), Texas politician and businessman
• Louis René Édouard, cardinal de Rohan (1734–1803), French religious leader and politician
• Louis Farrakhan (born 1933), Afro-American social leader
• Louis Lingg (1864–1887), German anarchist arrested after Haymarket Square bombing
• Louis Michel (born 1947), Belgian politician
• Louis Riel (1844–1885), Canadian politician, a founder of Manitoba, and leader of the Métis

Royalty

Science and innovation

• Louis Blériot (1872–1936), French aviator and inventor
• Louis Braille (1809–1852), inventor of braille
• Louis de Broglie (1892–1987), French physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
• Louis Leakey (1903–1972), British paleontologist
• Louis Lliboutry, French-Chilean glaciologist
• Louis Mink (1921–1983), American philosopher of history
• Louis Pasteur (1822–1895), French microbiologist and chemist
• Louis Wirth (1897–1952), American sociologist
• Louis Ignarro (1941) American pharmacologist and Nobel Prize laureate

Sports

• Louis Almond (born 1992), English footballer
• Louis Babrow (1915–2004), South African rugby union player
• Louis Baise (born 1927), South African Olympic wrestler
• Lou Boudreau (1917–2001), American, Hall of Fame baseball player and manager
• Lou Brock (born 1939), American baseball player
• Louis Bullard (1956–2010), American football player
• Louis Campbell (born 1979), American basketball player
• Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941), racing driver and the founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company
• Louis Deletraz (born 1997), Swiss race car driver
• Louis Clarke (1901–77), American Olympic track champion
• Louis Ford (footballer) (born 1914), Welsh footballer
• Louis van Gaal (born 1951), Dutch footballer and manager
• Lou Gehrig (1903–1941), American baseball player
• Louis Jani (born 1957), Canadian judoka
• Louis Kaplan (1901–1970), nicknamed "Kid Kaplan", Russian-born American world champion Hall of Fame featherweight boxer
• Louis Klotz (born 1921), nicknamed "Red", American NBA basketball player and owner of the Washington Generals and New York Nationals
• Louis Pilot (born 1940), Luxembourgian footballer and manager
• Louis Rubenstein (1861–1931), Canadian world champion Hall of Fame figure skater
• Louis Saha (born 1978), French footballer
• Louis Smith (gymnast) (born 1989), English gymnast

Others

• Louis Congo (c. 1725), emancipated slave, appointed public executioner of Louisiana
• Louis Le Duff, French billionaire businessman
• Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. (born 1942), chairman and CEO of IBM
• Louis Jolliet (1645–1700), French explorer, one of the first Europeans to reach the northern part of the Mississippi River
• Louis-Frédéric Lescure (1904–1993), French industrialist
• Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979), last Viceroy of India and first Governor-General of independent India, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II
• Louis (parrot), parrot from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, well-provided for by owner's will after her death in 1949
• Louis Pope (b.1947) American businessman

Fictional characters

• Louis de Pointe du Lac, character in the Vampire Chronicles novels by Anne Rice
• Louis the Alligator, from film The Princess and the Frog
• Louis Litt, character played by Rick Hoffman in Suits
• Louis Tully, character played by Rick Moranis in Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II
• Louis Wu, character in the Ringworld books by Larry Niven

See also

• Louis (disambiguation)
• Louise
• Louie
• Sigurd Hlodvirsson

References