Louis (given name)
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Louis XIV was king of France (1643-1715) | |
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Germanic |
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| Word/name | French |
| Meaning | Famous warrior (Ludwig) |
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| Alternative spelling | Louys |
| Derived | Louise |
| Related names | Louie, Clovis, Lewis, Ludovico, Luigi, Luis, Ludvig, Ludwig, Lodewijk, Lodewyk |
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Louis (UK /ˈluːiː/ or US /ˈluːɪs/; French pronunciation: [lwi]) is the French form of the Old Frankish given name Chlodowig (Modern German: Ludwig) 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
- Albanian: Luigj, Ludovik
- Ancient Germanic: Chlodovech, Clodovicus, Ludovicus, Clovis, Hludowig
- Armenian: Լուդովիկ (Loudovik)[3]
- Basque: Aloxi, Koldobika, Luki, Koldo
- Breton: Loeiz, Loïc
- 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
- Macedonian: Лудвиг (Ludvig), Луј (Luj), Људевит (Ljudevit)
- Dutch: Lodewijk, Lode, Lowie
- English: Louis, Louie, Lou, Lewis, Lewes, Lewie, Lew, Lewy or Luey; Ludovic
- Esperanto: Ludoviko, Luĉjo
- French: Louis, Ludovic
- Galician: Lois, Luís
- Georgian: ხლოდვიგი (Khlodvigi)
- German: Ludwig, Alois, Aloysius, Lutz
- Greek: Λουδοβίκος (Loudovíkos)
- Hawaiian: Lui
- Hindi: लुइस (Lu'isa)
- Hungarian: Lajos, Alajos
- Irish: Alaois, Alabhaois, Laoiseach, Lughaidh
- Icelandic: Loðvík
- Irish: Alaois
- Italian: Aloisio, Luigi, Lodovico, Ludovico, Alvise, Gino, Luigino, Vico
- Japanese: ルイ(Rui)
- Korean: 루이스 (Luiseu)
- Latin: Ludovicus, Aloysius
- Latvian: Ludviķis, Ludis, Ludvigs
- Lithuanian: Liudvikas
- Medieval Occitan: Aloys, Aloysius
- Norwegian: Ludvig
- Occitan: Loís
- Persian: لوئیس
- Polish: Ludwik, Alojzy
- Portuguese: Luís, Aloísio, Aluísio, Ludovico (Luiz is an archaic form), Luisinho
- Punjabi: ਲੂਯਿਸ (Lūyisa)
- 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 ([lu'is] or ['lwis]), Lucho
- Swedish: Ludvig, Love, Ludde
- Tamil: லூயிஸ் (Lūyis)
- Telugu: లూయిస్ (Lūyis)
- Thai: หลุยส์ (H̄luys̄̒)
- Ukrainian: Людовик (Lyudovyk)
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
- English: Louisa, Lou, Louella, Lula, Luella
- Estonian: Loviise
- Finnish: Loviisa
- French: Lou, Louise, Louisette
- German: Aloisia, Louisa, Luise, Lulu
- Greek: Λουίζα (Louíza)
- Gujarati: લુઇસ (Lu'isa)
- Hebrew: לואיז
- Hindi: लुइस (Lu'isa)
- Hungarian: Lujza
- Italian: Ludovica, Luigia, Luisa, Gina, Luigina, Luisella
- Japanese: ルイーズ ( Ruīzu)
- Kannada: ಲೂಯಿಸ್ ( Lūyis)
- Korean: 루이스 (Luiseu)
- 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 (artist) (born 1989), Korean pop singer
- Louis (singer) (1952–2011), Serbian singer
- Louis Armstrong (1901–1971), American jazz musician
- Louis C.K. (born 1967), American comedian
- Louis Caron, backup musician for The Platters
- Louis Calabro (1926–1991), Italian American orchestral composer
- 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, Italian American jazz and swing musician and trumpeteer
- 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 Sullivan (1856-1924), American architect
- Louis Szekely (born 1967), American stand-up comedian better known by his stage name, Louis C.K.
- Louis Theroux (born 1970), British television broadcaster
- 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
- Louis Tomlinson (born 1991), is a British singer in British-Irish boy band One Direction.
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
Holy Roman Emperors and Kings of Germany
- Louis the Pious, Emperor and King of the Franks from 814 to his death.
- Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor, eldest son of the emperor Lothair I
- Louis III, Holy Roman Emperor, maternal grandson of the emperor Louis II
- Louis the German (Louis II), the third son of the emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife
- Louis the Child (Louis III), the last true Carolingian ruler of East Francia
- Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Kings of France
- Louis the Pious, Emperor and King of the Franks from 814 to his death
- Louis the Stammerer, the eldest son of Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans
- Louis III of France, king of Western Francia
- Louis IV of France, king of France from 936 to 954
- Louis V of France, son of the Frankish King Lothair and his wife Emma
- Louis VI of France, King of France from 1108 to 1137
- Louis VII of France, King of France from 1137 to 1180
- Louis VIII of France, King of France from 1223 to 1226
- Louis IX of France, King of France from 1226 to 1270
- Louis X of France, King of France from 1314 to 1316
- Louis XI of France, King of France from 1461 to 1483
- Louis XII of France, King of France from 1498 to 1515
- Louis XIII of France, King of France and Navarre from 1610 to 1643
- Louis XIV of France, King of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715
- Louis XV of France, King of France and Navarre from 1715 to 1774
- Louis XVI of France, King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791
- Louis XVII of France, the son of King Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette
- Louis XVIII of France, King of France and Navarre from 1815 to 1824
- Louis XIX of France, King of France and Navarre for twenty minutes in 1830 before his abdication
Other French royalty
- Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon
- Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon
- Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé, Prince of Condé
- Louis II de Bourbon, prince de Condé, Prince of Condé
- Louis III, Prince of Condé, Prince of Condé
- Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (also known as Louis IV, prince de Condé)
- Louis Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Condé (also known as Louis V Joseph)
- Louis Henry II, Prince of Condé (also known as Louis VI Henri)
- Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti, Prince of Conti
- Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti, Prince of Conti
- Louis François I, Prince of Conti, Prince of Conti
- Louis François II, Prince of Conti, Prince of Conti
Kings of Etruria
- Louis I of Etruria, King of Etruria from 1801 to 1803
- Louis II of Etruria, King from 1803-1807, also Duke of Lucca (1824–1847) and Duke of Parma (1847–1849)
Kings of Holland
- Louis I Bonaparte, King of Holland from 1806 to 1810
- Louis II Bonaparte, King of Holland in 1810, also Grand Duke of Berg
Kings of Hungary
- Louis the Great, (Louis I of Hungary) Apostolic King of Hungary, Dalmatia, Croatia, Rama, Serbia, Galicia, Lodomeria, Jerusalem and Sicily from 1342, King of Poland from 1370
- Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia, King of Bohemia and Hungary from 1516 to 1526
King of Portugal
- Louis I of Portugal (1838–1889), succeeded to his older brother Peter V in 1861
King of Spain
- Louis I of Spain, the eldest son of Philip V of Spain by his first Queen consort Maria Louisa of Savoy
Princes of Monaco
- Louis I, Prince of Monaco
- Louis II, Prince of Monaco, Sovereign Prince of Monaco from 26 June 1922 until 9 May 1949
Dukes and Kings of Bavaria
- Louis I, Duke of Bavaria
- Louis II, Duke of Bavaria
- Louis III, Duke of Bavaria
- Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, also Duke of Bavaria
- Louis V, Duke of Bavaria, also Margrave of Brandenburg as Louis I
- Louis VI, Duke of Bavaria, also Margrave of Brandenburg as Louis II
- Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria
- Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria
- Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria
- Louis X, Duke of Bavaria
- Louis I King of Bavaria from 1825 to 1848
- Louis II King of Bavaria from 1864 to 1886, the Märchenkönig (Fairy tale king)
- Louis III, Regent from 1912 to 1913, King from 1913 to 1918 (last king of Bavaria)
Grand-Duke of Berg
- Louis, Grand Duke of Berg from 1809 to 1813, also King of Holland as Louis II
Grand-Dukes of Hesse
- Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse
- Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse
- Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse
- Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
Duke of Savoy
- Louis, Duke of Savoy, Duke of Savoy from 1440 to 1465
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
Sports
- 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 Chevrolet (1878–1941), racing driver and the founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company
- Louis Clarke (1901–77), American Olympic track champion
- 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
Others
- Louis Congo (c. 1725), emancipated slave appointed public executioner of Louisiana
- Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. (born 1942), former Chairman and CEO of IBM corporation
- Louis Jolliet (1645–1700), French explorer, one of the first Europeans to reach the northern part of the Mississippi River
- Louis (parrot), Famous parrot from Victoria, British Columbia, well-provided for by owner's will after her death in 1949
Fictional characters
- Louis de Pointe du Lac, in novels
- Louis, mute swan in novel The Trumpet of the Swan
- Louis, protagonist of Louis (comic)
- Louis, character from the video game Left 4 Dead
- Louis the Yard Teacher, in Sideways Stories From Wayside School (book)
- Louis the Alligator, from The Princess and the Frog
- Louis Tully, fictional character played by Rick Moranis in Ghostbusters & Ghostbusters II
- Louis Wu, from the Ringworld-Universe
See also
References
- ↑ "Louis at www.behindthename.com".
- ↑ "Ludwig at www.behindthename.com".
- ↑ M. Petrossian (ed.). New Dictionary Armenian-English. Librairie de Beyrouth.