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[ 2 syll. lui(s), lu-is ] The boy name Luis is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is LuwIYS †. 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. In the past century Luis has mostly been a boy name. Baby names that sound like Luis include Lajos (Hungarian), Lashi (English), Lasho (English), Lassi (Finnish), Leka (Albanian), Leksik (Czech), Lekso (Czech), Leos (Czech and Polish), Leszek (Polish), Lewis (English), Lexus (Greek), Lexxus, Lico (Spanish), Liko, Lluis (Catalan), Loic (French), Lois (German), Loïc (French), Louies, and Louis (English and French). Details of famous persons named Luis:
† 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)"   |
