Luis is a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other

Iberian Romance languages The Iberian Romance, Ibero-Romance or sometimes Iberian languages Iberian languages is also used as a more inclusive term for all languages spoken on the Iberian Peninsula, which in antiquity included the non-Indo-European Iberian language. are ...

have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Origins

The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also th
Lodewijs in the Dutch given names database
Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form

Lodewijk Lodewijk () is the Dutch name for Louis. In specific it may refer to: Given name Literature * Lodewijk Hartog van Banda (1916–2006), Dutch comic strip writer * Lodewijk Paul Aalbrecht Boon, (1912-1979) Flemish writer * Lodewijk van Deysse ...

. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a derivation of the Latinized form Clovis, known from the kings of the Franks. The sanctified French king

Louis IX Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), commonly known as Saint Louis or Louis the Saint, was King of France from 1226 to 1270, and the most illustrious of the House of Capet, Direct Capetians. He was Coronation of the French monarch, c ...

(Saint Louis) contributed much to the popularity of the name.

Given name

Royalty of Portugal

Luís I of Portugal Dom Luís I (31 October 1838, in Lisbon – 19 October 1889, in Cascais), known as The Popular ( Portuguese: O Popular) was a member of the ruling House of Braganza,"While remaining patrilineal dynasts of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha acc ...

(1838–1889), Portuguese king * Infante Luís (1340-1340), first son of King

Pedro I of Portugal Peter I (Portuguese: ''Pedro I'', ; 8 April 1320 – 18 January 1367), called the Just (''o Justiceiro'') or the Cruel (''o Cruel''), was King of Portugal from 1357 until his death. He was the third but only surviving son of Afonso IV of Portug ...

Prince Luís, Duke of Beja A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. Th ...

(1506–1555) *

Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal Dom Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Duke of Braganza, (; 21 March 1887 – 1 February 1908) was the eldest son and heir-apparent of King Carlos I of Portugal. He was born in 1887 when his father was still Prince Royal of Portugal and rec ...

(1887–1908)

Sports

Luis Alberto González Luis Alberto González Gallego (born July 27, 1965 in Palestina, Caldas) is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North Ame ...

, Colombian cyclist (1965) * Luis Alberto Pérez, Nicaraguan boxer (1978) * Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, Cuban runner (1969) * Luis Amaranto Perea, Colombian football player (1979) * Luis Antonio Jiménez, Chilean footballer (1984) *

Luis Aragonés Luis Aragonés Suárez (; 28 July 1938 – 1 February 2014) was a Spanish football player and manager. Aragonés spent the majority of his career as a player and coach at Atlético Madrid. He was a prominent player and then coach of the succe ...

, Spanish football player and manager (1938-2014) * Luis Arráez, Venezuelan baseball player (1997) * Luis Alberto Ayala, Chilean tennis player (1932) * Luis Ignacio Ayala, Mexican baseball pitcher (1978) * Luis Barrera, Dominican baseball player (1995) *

Luis Barrios Luis Barrios (born September 21, 1990), is a Peruvian professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with t ...

, Peruvian basketball player (1990) * Luis Caballero, Paraguayan footballer (1962-2005) * Luis Campusano, American baseball player (1998) * Lluís Carreras, Spanish footballer (1972) * Luis Antonio Castillo, Dominican baseball player (1975) * Luis Alberto Castillo, Dominican-American football player (1983) * Luis Felipe Castillo, Dominican baseball player (1995) * Luis Miguel Castillo, Dominican baseball player (1992) *

Luis Cessa Luis Enrique Cessa (born April 25, 1992) is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the New York Yankees. Professional career New York Mets Cessa signed with ...

, Mexican baseball player (1992) *

Luis Cristaldo Luis Héctor Cristaldo Ruiz Díaz (born August 31, 1969 in Formosa, Argentina) is an Argentine-born Bolivian football midfielder. He is Bolivia's national team record cap holder alongside Marco Sandy. Club career Born in Argentina, he rel ...

, Bolivian footballer * Luis Díaz, Venezuelan volleyball player * Luís Dutra Jr., Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter * Luis Enrique, Spanish football player and manager * Luis Ernesto José, Dominican boxer * Luis Ernesto Michel, Mexican football goalkeeper * Luís Fabiano, Brazilian football player * Luis Fernando Suárez, Colombian football player and manager *

Luís Figo Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo (; born 4 November 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan. He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team, a one-tim ...

, Portuguese football player * Luis Frías, Dominican baseball player * Luis Amado García, Dominican baseball player (1987) * Luis Heibardo García, Venezuelan baseball player (1996) * Luis Victoriano García, Dominican-American baseball player (2000) * Luis García Sanz, Spanish football player * Luis Galván, Argentine football player * Luis Ángel Gil, Dominican baseball player * Luis Miguel Gil, American soccer player * Luis Emilio Gonzalez, Cuban-American baseball player * Luis Fernando González, Mexican baseball player * Luis Guillorme, Venezuelan baseball player *

Luis Liberato Luis David Liberato (born December 18, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). Career Liberato signed with the Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are an American pro ...

, Dominican baseball player *

Luis Manuel Rodríguez Luis Manuel Rodríguez (17 June 1937 – 8 July 1996) was a Cuban professional boxer. Known as "El Feo", he began his career in pre- Castro Havana. In Cuba, he twice defeated the ill-fated future welterweight champion Benny Paret. He held the W ...

, Cuban boxer * Luis Marín, Costa Rican football player * Luís Martins, Portuguese football player * Luis Ángel Medina, Dominican baseball player * Luis Main Medina, American baseball player * Luis Monti, Italian and Argentine football player and manager * Luís Novo, Portuguese long-distance runner * Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican baseball player *

Luis Onmura Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archai ...

, Brazilian judoka * Luis Alberto Ortiz, Dominican baseball player and coach * Luis Francisco Ortiz, American baseball player * Luis Leandro Ortiz, Dominican baseball player * Luis Ortiz Flores, Puerto Rican boxer *

Luis Palau Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archai ...

, Argentine-American televangelist *

Luis Palomino Luis Vicente Palomino (born October 9, 1980) is a Peruvian-American mixed martial artist and bare-knuckle fighter who is the current Lightweight and Welterweight champion for Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, making him the first “double ch ...

, Peruvian mixed martial arts fighter * Luis Patiño, Colombian baseball player *

Luis Patiño (tennis) Luis Patiño (; born 6 October 1993) is a Mexican tennis player. Patiño has a career high ATP singles ranking of 567, achieved on 18 March 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 239, achieved on 14 September 2015. Patiño has ...

, Mexican tennis player * Luis David Perdomo, Dominican baseball player * Luis M. Perdomo, Dominican baseball player * Luis Perez, American football player * Luis Pizarro, Puerto Rican boxer * Luis Rengifo, Venezuelan baseball player * Luis Rivera (infielder), Puerto Rican baseball player and coach *

Luis Robert Luis Robert Moirán (born August 3, 1997) is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2020. Cuban career Robert was named to the all-tournament team in the 20 ...

, Cuban baseball player * Luis Orlando Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player * Luis Rodríguez, Puerto Rican volleyball player Luis Rodríguez *

Luis Rojas (baseball) Luis E. Rojas (born September 1, 1981) is a Dominican professional baseball coach and manager. After coaching for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 2019, he managed the Mets from 2020 to 2021. Rojas joined the New York Yankees ...

, Dominican baseball player and coach * Luis Salvadores Salvi, Chilean basketball player *

Luis Salom Luis Jaime Salom Horrach (7 August 1991 – 3 June 2016) was a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Salom died after a practice accident at Circuit de Catalunya, when making contact with his bike and the wall after a high-speed accident. Racing ...

, (1991 – 2016)Spanish Grand prix motorcycle racer * Luis Santos (baseball), Dominican baseball pitcher * Luís Santos (water polo), Brazilian water polo goalkeeper *

Luis Severino Luis Severino (born February 20, 1994) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). Severino signed with the Yankees as an international free agent in 2011, and made his MLB debut in 2015. ...

, Dominican baseball player * Luis Soares, Portuguese-French long-distance runner *

Luis Somoza Debayle Luis Anastasio Somoza Debayle (18 November 1922 – 13 April 1967) was the 26th President of Nicaragua from 21 September 1956 to 1 May 1963. Somoza Debayle was born in León. At the age of 14, he and his younger brother Anastasio attended S ...

, former president of Nicaragua *

Luis Suárez Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (; born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Uruguayan Primera División club Nacional and the Uruguay national team. Nicknamed ''El Pistolero'' ('The Gunman'), he is ...

, Uruguayan footballer (1987) * Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish football player and manager * Luis Terrero, Dominican baseball player * Luis Tiant, Cuban-American baseball player * Luis Torrens, Venezuelan baseball player * Luis Urías, Mexican baseball player * Luis Urueta, Colombian baseball coach * Luis Vasquez, American football player * Luis Villar, Argentine basketball player * Luis Villarroel, Venezuelan diver * Luis Vizcaíno, Dominican baseball player

Arts and entertainment

* Luis Antonio Ramos, Puerto Rican actor * Luis Antonio Rivera, Puerto Rican television host *

Luis Buñuel Luis Buñuel Portolés (; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish-Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians, and directors to be one of the greatest and m ...

, Spanish film director * Lluís Claret, Andorran cellist * Luis Enrique, Nicaraguan singer * Luis Fernando Vager, Puerto Rican musician and producer *

Luis Fonsi Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for multiple songs, one of them being " Despacito" featuring rapper Daddy Yankee. Fonsi received his first ...

, Puerto Rican singer *

Luis Gatica Luis Gatica (born February 25, 1961) is a Mexican actor, son of the Chilean singer Lucho Gatica and the Puerto Rican actress Mapita Cortés. He is the uncle of fellow actor Alfredo Gatica. Biography Luis Gatica was born in Veracruz, Mexico. ...

, Mexican-Chilean-Puerto Rican actor and singer *

Luis Guzmán Luis Guzmán (born August 28, 1956) is a Puerto Rican actor. His career spans over 40 years and includes a number of films and television series. He has appeared in the Paul Thomas Anderson films ''Boogie Nights'' (1997), ''Magnolia'' (1999) an ...

, Puerto Rican actor * Luis Roberto Guzmán, Puerto Rican actor * Lluís Llach, Catalan composer * Luis Manzano, Filipino actor and television host * Luis Egidio Meléndez, Spanish painter *

Luis Miguel Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born 19 April 1970) is a Puerto Rican-born Mexican singer, often referred to as ''El Sol de México'' (The Sun of Mexico), which is the nickname his mother gave him as a child—"mi sol". Luis Miguel has sung in mu ...

, Mexican singer *

Luis Oquendo Luis Oquendo Valhuerdi (March 24, 1925 – August 25, 1992)''Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014''. Social Security Administration. was a Cuban-American actor who was well known for his acting on radio before going into television and film ...

, Cuban actor * Luis "Perico" Ortiz, Puerto Rican musician * Luis Rego, Portuguese actor and musician *

Luis Segura Luis Segura (born in Mao, Dominican Republic year 1939), is a popular traditional Dominican singer who refers to himself as 'The Father of Bachata'. He is considered one of the best interpreters of traditional bachata Traditional bachata is a ...

, Dominican singer * Luis Vargas, Dominican singer * Luis Vigoreaux Lorenzana, Puerto Rican television host * Luis Vigoreaux Rivera, Puerto Rican television host * Luis Ferdinand Vega, known as Little Louie Vega, American DJ, record producer and Grammy Award winner remixer of Puerto Rican ancestry

Politicians

* Luis Alberto de Herrera, Uruguayan politician * Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo, former Governor of Puerto Rico (1969–1973) *

Luis Arce Luis Alberto Arce Catacora (; born 28 September 1963), often referred to as Lucho, is a Bolivian banker, economist, and politician serving as the 67th president of Bolivia since 2020. A member of the Movement for Socialism, he previously serve ...

, Bolivian politician and current president of Bolivia * Luis Alberto Lacalle, former president of

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

* Luis Ángel González Macchi, former president of Paraguay * Lluís Companys i Jover, Catalan politician * Luis Conrado Batlle y Berres, former president of Uruguay * Luis María del Corazón de Jesús Dionisio Argaña Ferraro, Paraguayan politician *

Luis R. Esteves Major General Luis Raul Esteves (April 30, 1893 – March 12, 1958) was the Puerto Rican military officer who commanded the United States military forces that in 1950 carried out airstrikes and shelled the towns of Jayuya and Utuado in his ...

, Major General, Puerto Rican-American military leader *

Luis Fortuño Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset (born 31 October 1960) is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, from 2009 to 2013. Fortuño served as the first secretary of econ ...

, Governor of

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated ...

(2009–present) *

Luis Gutiérrez Luis Vicente Gutiérrez (born December 10, 1953) is an American politician. He served as the U.S. representative for from 1993 to 2019. From 1986 until his election to Congress, he served as a member of the Chicago City Council representing th ...

, Puerto Rican-American political leader * Luis Mangalus Taruc, Filipino politician * Luis Mena, President of

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the count ...

* Luis Muñoz Marín, first democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico *

Luis Enrique Oberto Luis Enrique Oberto González (19 August 1928 – 8 August 2022) was a Venezuelan banker and politician who served in several high-ranking positions within the government of Venezuela. A member of COPEI, Oberto was a member of the Venezuelan ...

(1928–2022), Venezuelan politician * Luis Redondo, Honduran politician and engineer, deputy and president of the

National Congress of Honduras The National Congress ( es, Congreso Nacional) is the legislative branch of the government of Honduras. Organization The Honduran Congress is a unicameral legislature. The nominal President of the National Congress of Honduras is currentl ...

* Luis Muñoz Rivera, Puerto Rican politician and father of Luis Muñoz Marín * Luis Rodríguez de Miguel (1910–1982), Spanish politician and jurist

Writer

Luís de Camões Luís Vaz de Camões (; sometimes rendered in English as Camoens or Camoëns, ; c. 1524 or 1525 – 10 June 1580) is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compared to that of Shakespear ...

, Portuguese poet * Luis Lloréns Torres, Puerto Rican playwright and poet * Luis López Nieves, Puerto Rican writer * Luis Palés Matos, Puerto Rican author

Other

Luis F. Alvarez Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archai ...

, Spanish-American physician (grandfather of Luis W. Alvarez) * Luis W. Álvarez, Spanish-American physicist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physics * Luis Aponte Martínez, Puerto Rican religious leader * Luis E. Arreaga, Guatemalan-American diplomat * Luis Carrillo, Spanish colonial administrator * Luis de Moscoso Alvarado, Spanish explorer and conquistador *

Lluís Domènech i Montaner Lluís Domènech i Montaner (; 21 December 1850 – 27 December 1923) was a Spanish architect who was highly influential on '' Modernisme català'', the Catalan Art Nouveau/Jugendstil movement. He was also a Catalan politician. Born in Barcelon ...

, Catalan architect * Luis Motta Domínguez, Venezuelan politician and military officer *

Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, 9th Count of Alba de Liste Don Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, 9th Count of Alba de Liste ( es, Don Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, marqués de Villaflor y noveno conde de Alba de Liste ; also sometimes, ''Luis Henríquez de Guzmán, conde de Alba de Aliste'') (born c. 1605) was ...

, Spanish nobleman * Luis Jacob, Peruvian-Canadian visual artists and photographer *

Luis Garavito Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos (born 25 January 1957), also known as ''La Bestia'' ("The Beast") or ''Tribilin'' ("Goofy") is a Colombian serial killer, pederast, rapist, child molester, and necrophile. In October 1999, he confessed to commit ...

, prolific Colombian serial killer and rapist * Luis Muñoz de Guzmán, a Spanish colonial administrator * Luis González Vale, Puerto Rican historian * Luis Guinot, Puerto Rican-American diplomat *

Luis Lliboutry Louis Lliboutry (born 19 February 1922 in Madrid; died on 21 October 2007 in Grenoble) was a French glaciologist, geophysicist, and mountaineer. While in Chile in the early 1950s, he analysed and explained the formation of snow penitents in the ...

, French-Chilean glaciologist *

Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera ''Passions'', portrayed from 1999 to 2008 by original cast member Galen Gering. Debuting in the series' premiere episode, Luis is introduced as an honest, hard-working ...

, fictional character on NBC's daytime drama ''Passions'' * Luis Marden, American photographer * Luis Marileo Colipí, Mapuche chief * Luis Miranda Casañas, Puerto Rican businessman * Luis M. Rocha, American-Portuguese professor and scientist *

Luis Née Luis Née (July 12, 1735 – October 3, 1807) was a French-born Spanish botanist and prolific collector of plant specimens who accompanied the Malaspina Expedition on its five-year scientific exploration of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands. ...

, explorer, botanist, discovered Coast Live Oak in California * Luis Ortega Álvarez, Spanish judge *

Luis Padial Brigadier General Luis Padial (February 6, 1832 – March 5, 1879), was a soldier, politician and one of the most important figures who was responsible for the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico. Early years Padial, (birth name: Luis Padial ...

, Puerto Rican military leader *

Luis Posada Carriles Luis Clemente Posada Carriles (February 15, 1928 – May 23, 2018) was a Cuban exile militant and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent. He was considered a terrorist by the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the G ...

, Cuban militant * Luis Rafael Sánchez, Puerto Rican playwright * Luis Sera, a character in ''Resident Evil 4'' * Luis Scott-Vargas, American ''Magic: the Gathering'' player *

Luis Antonio Tagle Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle ( ; ; born June 21, 1957) is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church currently serving as the Pro-Prefect for the Section of Evangelization of Dicastery for Evangelization (formerly the Congregation for the Evangel ...

, Filipino cardinal and current prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples ; Middle name * José Luis Corcuera (born 1944), Spanish politician

References

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