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Luis - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Luis

[ 2 syll. lui(s), lu-is ] The boy name Luis is pronounced as LuwIYS KEY. Luis is used chiefly in the Portuguese and Spanish languages, and its origin is Germanic. Luis is a variant of the name Louis (English and French). See also the related forms, José Luis (Spanish), Juan Luis (Spanish), and Luis Miguel (Spanish).

Luis is a popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1910s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2000, 0.367% of baby boys were given the name Luis. It ranked at #49 then. In 2008, its usage was 0.328% and its ranking #64, and it was the most popular out of all boy names in its group. In 2008, 8 times more boys were named Luis than the subsequent ranked name, Louis (English and French).

Baby names that sound like Luis include Lajos (Hungarian), Lassi (Finnish), Leka (Albanian), Leksik (Czech), Lekso (Czech), Leos (Czech and Polish), Leszek (Polish), Lewis (English), Lico (Spanish), Liko, Lluis (Catalan), Loic (French), Lois (German), Loïc (French), Louis (English and French), Loukas (Greek), Luca (Italian), Lucas (Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish), Luchok (Russian), and Lucius (English, German, and French).

Details of famous persons named Luis:
Politician Luiz Inácio (Lula) da Silva, born Luis Inacio da Silva, Vargem Grande, Brazil.
Soccer Player Luis Figo, born Luis Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, 4 November 1972, Almada, Portugal.

KEY: English pronunciation for Luis: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


 
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