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 thGiven name
Royalty of Portugal
* Luís I of Portugal (1838–1889), Portuguese king * Infante Luís (1340-1340), first son of King Pedro I of Portugal * Prince Luís, Duke of Beja (1506–1555) * Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal (1887–1908)Sports
* Luis Alberto González, 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, Spanish football player and manager (1938-2014) * Luis Arráez, Venezuelan baseball player (1997) * Luis Alberto Ayala, Chilean tennis player (1932–2024) * Luis Ignacio Ayala, Mexican baseball pitcher (1978) * Luis Báez, Dominican baseball player (2004) * Luis Barrera, Dominican baseball player (1995) * Luis Barrios, 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, Mexican baseball player (1992) * Luis Cristaldo, Bolivian footballer * Luis Daniel Cupla, Urguayan 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, 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 *Arts and entertainment
* Luis Antonio Ramos, Puerto Rican actor * Luis Antonio Rivera, Puerto Rican television host * Luis Bezeta, Spanish visual artist and filmmaker *Politicians
* Luis Alberto de Herrera, Uruguayan politician * Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo, former Governor of Puerto Rico (1969–1973) * Luis Arce, Bolivian politician and current president of Bolivia * Luis Alberto Lacalle, former president of Uruguay * 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, Puerto Rican-American military leader * Luis Fortuño, Governor of Puerto Rico (2009–2013) * Luis Gutiérrez, Puerto Rican-American political leader * Luis Mangalus Taruc, Filipino politician * Luis Mena, president of Nicaragua * Luis Muñoz Marín, first democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico * Luis Enrique Oberto (1928–2022), Venezuelan politician * Luis Redondo, Honduran politician and engineer, deputy and president of the National Congress of Honduras * Luis Muñoz Rivera, Puerto Rican politician and father of Luis Muñoz Marín * Luis Rodríguez de Miguel (1910–1982), Spanish politician and juristWriter
* Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet * Luis Lloréns Torres, Puerto Rican playwright and poet * Luis López Nieves, Puerto Rican writer * Luis Palés Matos, Puerto Rican authorOther
* Luis F. Alvarez, 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, Catalan architect * Luis Motta Domínguez, Venezuelan politician and military officer * Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, 9th Count of Alba de Liste, Spanish nobleman * Luis Jacob, Peruvian-Canadian visual artists and photographer * Luis Garavito, 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, French-Chilean glaciologist * Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald, 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, explorer, botanist, discovered Coast Live Oak in California * Luis Ortega Álvarez, Spanish judge * Luis Padial, Puerto Rican military leader * Luis Parada, Salvadoran lawyer *Luis Portillo, Mexican airline pilot * Luis Posada Carriles, Cuban militant * Luis Rafael Sánchez, Puerto Rican playwright * Luis Rodríguez Zúñiga (1942–1991), Spanish sociologist * Luis Sera, a character in ''Resident Evil 4'' * Luis Scott-Vargas, American ''Magic: the Gathering'' player * Luis Antonio Tagle, Filipino cardinal and current prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples ; Middle name * José Luis Corcuera (born 1944), Spanish politicianSee also
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