Lewis (given name)

Lewis (/ˈluːɪs/) is a masculine English-language given name. It was coined as an anglicisation of given names in other languages.

"Lewis" has been used to anglicise the Irish Gaelic name "Lugaid", the German name "Ludwig", and the French name "Louis" (the latter two originally deriving from the Old Frankish name Chlodowig). It may also be a borrowing from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, whose name derives from the Scottish Gaelic Leòdhas.

List of people with the given name Lewis

• Lewis Addison Armistead, general in the American Civil War
• Lewis Archer Boswell, American aviator
• Lewis Black, American comedian and actor
• Lewis Brent, Belize to Texas in 3 generations
• Lewis Brindley, British comedian and youtuber
• Lewis Brown (rugby league), New Zealand rugby league player
• Lewis Carroll, pen name of author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
• Lewis Collins, actor
• Lewis Dark, footballer
• Lewis Hamilton, Formula One racing driver
• Lewis Hamilton (footballer), footballer
• Lewis Harris (disambiguation), several people
• Lewis Hartsough, American gospel song writer/composer
• Lewis Holtby, German footballer
• Lewis Jones (disambiguation), several people
• Lewis McAllister, American politician
• Lewis Pugh, British-South African extreme swimmer, international environmental activist
• Lewys Glyn Cothi, also spelt Lewis Glyn Cothi, 15th century Welsh poet
• Lewis Moody, English Rugby Union player
• Lewis Nash, American jazz drummer
• Lewis Sayre Van Duzer, US Navy officer
• Lewis Yancey, American aviator
• Lewis Young, footballer
• Lewis Lovhaug, Comic Reviewer, A.K.A. Linkara.

Pseudonym

• Lewis, Canadian musician

Fictional characters

• Lewis (The Simpsons), a fictional character in The Simpsons
• Lewis Zimmerman, Star Trek character
• Lewis Bodine, a character in the 1997 film Titanic

See also

• Aloysius
• Clovis (given name)
• Lewis (disambiguation)
• Louis (given name)
• Lugh
• Louise (given name)
• Ludwig (given name)
• Luigi (name)
• Luis