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Luis
Pronunciation	Spanish: [ˈlwis]; Portuguese: [luˈiʃ, lwiʃ, luˈis, lwis]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Spanish, Portuguese (Luís), Galician
Other gender
Feminine	Luisa
Origin
Meaning	Famous warrior
Other names
Variant form(s)	Luís, Luiz
Pet form(s)	Luisito, Luisinho
Related names	Alois, Clovis, Lewis, Louis, Ludovic, Ludovico, Ludvík, Ludwig, Luigi, Lajos

Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name Hludowig or Chlodovech. Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: Luís (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, Lluís in Aragonese and Catalan, while Luiz is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil.

Origins edit

The Germanic name Chlodowig (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" (hlūd) and "warrior" (wīġ) and hence may be translated to famous warrior or "famous in battle".^[1] According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was (h)lod-, meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.^[2]

Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. Luis 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 (Saint Louis) contributed much to the popularity of the name.

Given name edit

Royalty of Portugal edit

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 edit

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)
Luis Ignacio Ayala, Mexican baseball pitcher (1978)
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
Luis Guillorme, Venezuelan baseball player
Luis Hasa, Italian football player
Luis Liberato, Dominican baseball player
Luis Manuel Rodríguez, Cuban boxer
Luis Marín, Costa Rican football player
Luís Martins, Portuguese football player
Luis Matos (born 2002), Venezuelan baseball outfielder
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, 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, Argentine-American televangelist
Luis Palomino, Peruvian mixed martial arts fighter
Luis Patiño, Colombian baseball player
Luis Patiño (tennis), 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, Cuban baseball player
Luis Orlando Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player
Luis Rodríguez, Puerto Rican volleyball player Luis Rodríguez
Luis Rojas (baseball), Dominican baseball player and coach
Luis Salvadores Salvi, Chilean basketball player
Luis Salom (1991–2016), Spanish Grand prix motorcycle racer
Luis Santos (baseball), Dominican baseball pitcher
Luís Santos (water polo), Brazilian water polo goalkeeper
Luis Severino, Dominican baseball player
Luis Sinclair, Panamanian basketball player
Luis Soares, Portuguese-French long-distance runner
Luis Somoza Debayle, former president of Nicaragua
Luis Suárez, 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 edit

Luis Antonio Ramos, Puerto Rican actor
Luis Antonio Rivera, Puerto Rican television host
Luis Buñuel, Spanish film director
Lluís Claret, Andorran cellist
Luis Enrique, Nicaraguan singer
Luis Fernando Vager, Puerto Rican musician and producer
Luis Fonsi, Puerto Rican singer
Luis Gatica, Mexican-Chilean-Puerto Rican actor and singer
Luis Guzmán, 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, Mexican singer
Luis Oquendo, Cuban actor
Luis "Perico" Ortiz, Puerto Rican musician
Luis Rego, Portuguese actor and musician
Luis Segura, 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 edit

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–present)
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 jurist

Writer edit

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

Other edit

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 politician

References edit

^ "Ludwig at www.behindthename.com".
^ J. van der Schaar, Woordenboek van voornamen (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also the Lodewijs in the Dutch given names database.

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[1] "Ludwig at www.behindthename.com".

[2] J. van der Schaar, Woordenboek van voornamen (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also the Lodewijs in the Dutch given names database.

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