Louis (name)
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Louis (pronounced /ˈluːi/ or /ˈluːɪs/) is the French form of the Germanic name Ludwig[1] and the English name Lewis. The German name is composed of the words for "fame" (hlud) and "warrior" (wig) which may be translated to famous warrior or "famous in battle".[2]
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[edit] Overview
Louis was the name of 17 kings of France, including Louis IX (Saint Louis) who led two crusades, and Louis XIV (the Sun King) who was the ruler of France during the height of its power, the builder of the Palace of Versailles, and the longest reigning monarch in the history of Europe. Rendered fashionable by the Carolingians’ (Dauzat) in 751 -987 AD.
In the Middle Ages this was the hereditary given name of French nobles who claimed descent from Clovis (another version of the same name), the first king of the Franks. One such family were the Bourbons, who provided kings of France from 1589 to 1789. In English speaking countries the anglicized version Lewis is sometimes used.
[edit] Variant forms
- Basque - Aloxi, Koldobika, Luki
- Catalan - Lluís
- Catalan Femenine - Lluïsa
- Czech - Ludvik
- Dutch - Lodewijk, Lodewijkus
- German - Ludwig
- Greek - Λουδοβίκος (Loudovikos) , feminine Λουίζα (Louiza)
- Hawaiian - Lui
- Hungarian - Lajos
- Latin - Ludovicus, Aloysius
- Polish - Ludwik
- Polish Feminine - Ludwika, Luiza
- Portuguese - Luís (Luiz is an archaic form)
- Portuguese Feminine - Luísa (Luiza is an archaic form)
- Spanish - Luis ([lu'is] or ['lwis])
- Spanish Feminine - Luisa
- Swedish
- Swedish Feminine - Lova
- Norwegian
- Norwegian - Ludvig, Ludvig
- Welsh - Llewelyn or Llewellyn Definition - In the likeness of a lion.
[edit] French variant spelling
[edit] Masculine
- Louis - Definition - War famous and/or famed warrior
- Louys
- Luic - Little Louis.
- Loual - A name invented by combining Louis and Albert.
- Loewy - A variant form of Loeb
- Lourent - A variant form of Loanda, or Luanda name invented by combining Lou
- Clovis - From the Germanic Chlodwig, a variant of Hlodwig
[edit] Feminine
- Louise - French feminine form of Louis.
- Louvenia - A name invented by combining the masculine Louis and a form of Lavinia.
- Louella or Luella - meaning origin uncertain
- Loudella - A hybrid name crated by combining Lou (Louise) with Ella or Della.
- Lovise or Lovis - A Scandinavian variety.
