Louis

English

Etymology

French royal name latinized as Ludovicus, from Germanic (Frankish) hlud (“fame”) + wig (“warrior”) (cf. German Ludwig).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /luːɪ/
• (US) IPA: /luːɪs/

Proper noun

Louis

1. A male given name.
   • 1849 Charlotte Brontë, Shirley, Chapter XXXVI:

     "It is hardly a week since you called me your future husband, and treated me as such; now I am once more the tutor for you: I am addressed as Mr. Moore, and Sir; your lips have forgotten Louis."

     "No, Louis, no: it is an easy, liquid name, not soon forgotten."

Related terms

• (variants): Lewis, Louie, Aloysius
• (feminine forms): Louise, Louisa

Translations

male given name

• Albanian: Luigj (sq) m
• Bengali: লুইস (bn) (lu'is)
• Catalan: Lluís (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 路易 (cmn) (Lùyì)

• Czech: Ludvík (cs) m
• Danish: Ludvig (da)
• Dutch: Lodewijk (nl)
• Esperanto: Ludoviko (eo)
• Faroese: Ludvík (fo) m
• Finnish: Ludvig (fi) (historical only)
• French: Louis (fr) m
• Georgian: ლუი (ka) (lui) 
• German: Ludwig (de) m
• Greek: Λουδοβίκος (el) (Loudovíkos) m 
• Hawaiian: Lui
• Hungarian: Lajos (hu)
• Icelandic: Lúðvík (is)

• Irish: Lughaidh (ga) m
• Italian: Luigi (it) m
• Japanese: ルイ (ja) (Rui)
• Latin: Ludovicus (la), Aloysius (la) m (New Latin)
• Latvian: Ludvigs (lv) m
• Lithuanian: Liudvikas (lt)
• Norwegian: Ludvig (no)
• Persian: لوئیس (fa) (Luis)
• Polish: Ludwik (pl)
• Portuguese: Luís (pt), Luiz (pt)
• Russian: Луи (ru) (Luí) m  (indeclinable), Людовик (ru) (Ljudóvik) m  (historical)
• Slovak: Ľudovít (sk) m
• Spanish: Luis (es) m
• Swedish: Ludvig (sv)
• Ukrainian: Луї (uk) (Lují) m  (indeclinable), Людовик (uk) (Ljudóvyk) m  (historical)

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• Bulgarian: Луи
• Serbo-Croatian: Luj
• Galician: Luís

• Occitan: Loís
• Romanian: Ludovic
• Serbo-Croatian: Луј
• Slovene: Ludvik

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /luˈwi/

Etymology

From French.

Proper noun

Louis ?

1. A male given name, variant of Lodewijk.

Derived terms

• Louise, Louisa

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French

Etymology

From Germanic (Frankish) hlud (“fame”) + wig (“warrior”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lwi/

Proper noun

Louis m

1. A male given name.
2. A patronymic surname.

Related terms

• Jean-Louis
• Loïc
• Ludovic
• Louise

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German

Etymology

From French.

Proper noun

Louis

1. A male given name, variant of Ludwig.

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Norman

Etymology

Of Germanic origin.

Proper noun

Louis m

1. A male given name

Related terms

• Louisot
• Louisotin