Name
LUIS

Name LUIS

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 1,311,577 births of Luis in the countries below, which represents an average of 9,236 births of children bearing the first name Luis per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 6,334 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Luis   
In Italiano Nome Luis   
Available variants : Luis- , Luís , Luìs , Luïs , Lúis , Lùis


Information about the first name Luis

The first name Luis is listed in our categories :The first name Luis has been assigned to:
99.61% to boys
0.39% to girls
The country where the first name Luis is the most common is:
BR Brazil
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Luis

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Luis : Ilsu, Ilsu, Iluš, Lius, Lusi, Silu, Suli, Ulis

Luis in Japanese *

Romajiruisu
Katakanaルイス
Hiraganaるいす
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Luis in Japanese
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Luis in sign language

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Luis in binary language

01101100 01110101 01101001 01110011

Origin and meaning of name Luis

US English
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Spanish Luis and Portuguese Luís. Doublet of Louis.
Anagrams src :
  • Lisu, Lius, ULSI
Pronunciation src :
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /luˈiːs/
  • Rhymes: -ɪs
Proper noun src :
  • Luis
  • A male given name from Spanish.
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
  • San Luis
FR French
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /lɥi/
  • Homophones: lui, luit
Verb src :
  • luis
  • inflection of luire:
  • first/second-person singular present indicative
  • second-person singular present imperative
ES Spanish
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Old French Louis, Looïs, Luis, from Latin Ludovīcus, from Old High German *Hlūtwīg or Frankish *Hlōdowig, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”).
  • Compare Portuguese Luís, English Louis, Italian Luigi, German Ludwig.
Etymology src :
  • From Louis, name of several kings of France.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • luis m (plural luises)
  • louis (currency)
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • luis
  • inflection of luir:
  • second-person singular voseo present indicative
  • second-person plural present indicative
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈlwis/ [ˈlwis]
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification: luis
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈlwis/ [ˈlwis]
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification: Luis
Proper noun src :
  • Luis m
  • a male given name, equivalent to English Louis
Proper noun (Descendants) src :
  • → English: Luis
  • → German: Luis
  • → Chinese: → 路易斯 (Lùyìsī) (transliteration)
Afrikaans
Etymology src :
  • From Dutch luis.
Noun src :
  • luis (plural luise, diminutive luisie)
  • louse
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /lœis/
Scottish Gaelic
Noun src :
  • luis
  • genitive singular of lus
Noun (Synonyms) src :
  • lusa
Esperanto
Verb src :
  • luis
  • past of lui
Latin
Noun src :
  • luis
  • genitive singular of luēs
Verb src :
  • luis
  • second-person singular present active indicative of luō
NL Dutch
Etymology src :
  • From Middle Dutch luus, from Old Dutch *lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs.
  • Cognate to Low German Luus, West Frisian lûs, German Laus, English louse, Danish lus.
Etymology src :
  • See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • luis f (plural luizen, diminutive luisje n)
  • louse, used of various insects commonly considered pests
  • member of the Aphidoidea
  • member of the Psocodea
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • luis
  • inflection of luizen:
  • first-person singular present indicative
  • imperative
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /lœy̯s/
  • Hyphenation: luis
  • Rhymes: -œy̯s
DE German
Proper noun src :
  • Luis
  • a male given name from Spanish Luis or French Louis
 

Popularity of the name Luis

Number of LUIS births per year

Popularity of the name Luis
Popularity of the name Luis

Total births of Luis by country

Births with the first name Luis
Country
Boys
Girls
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
931,535
4,377
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
282,097
690
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
24,730
0
ESSpain
2002 - 2021
20,286
0
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
9,631
0
CLChili
2010 - 2021
9,314
0
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
7,253
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
5,253
69
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
4,145
0
MXMexico
2017 - 2021
3,404
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
3,238
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
1,856
3
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
954
0
NONorway
1945 - 2022
699
0
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
676
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
307
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
240
1
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
216
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
162
0
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
116
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
93
0
SESweden
1998 - 2022
87
0
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
65
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
41
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
35
0
LVLatvia
2015 - 2022
3
0
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
1
0
Popularity of the name Luis

Total births of Luis by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Luis
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2022
2,926
0
MXMexico
2021
753
0
ESSpain
2021
671
0
CLChili
2021
457
0
DEGermany
2022
447
1
ATAustria
2021
365
0
FRFrance
2022
176
0
CHSwitzerland
2021
148
0
ITItaly
2021
120
0
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
94
0
ARArgentina
2015
46
0
BEBelgium
2022
45
0
PLPoland
2022
18
0
DKDenmark
2022
12
0
ONOntario
2019
11
0
SESweden
2022
11
0
NONorway
2022
10
0
IEIreland
2022
7
0
ABAlberta
2022
5
0
BCBritish Columbia
2022
5
0
QCQuebec
2022
5
0
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
1
0

Comments on the name Luis

Personalities with the first name Luis

There are 1050 personalities with the first name Luis

Jorge Luis Borges (Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo) src

Argentina
Screenwriter Writer Poet Librarian Translator Literary critic Opinion journalist Essayist

Ronaldo (Ronaldo Luís Nazário De Lima) src

Brazil
Association football player

Luís De Camões src

Kingdom of portugal
Writer Military personnel Poet Playwright

Luis Suárez (Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz) src

Uruguay
Association football player

Luis Buñuel (Luis Buñuel Portolés) src

Spain Mexico
Poet Film director Film producer Director Film editor Screenwriter Photographer Actor Writer Composer

Luis Walter Alvarez src

United states of america
Nuclear physicist Physicist Inventor University teacher

Luís Figo (Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo) src

Portugal
Association football player

Nani (Luís Carlos Almeida Da Cunha) src

Portugal
Association football player

Luis Enrique src

Spain
Association football manager Association football player

Tomás Luis De Victoria src

Spain
Composer


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Luis
Full list of personalities with the first name Luis

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Luis

There are 4164 actors and actresses with the first name Luis
Luis Yantuche
Luis Medina-Mina
Luis Armand Garcia
Luis Fernando Torres
Luis Sanchez
Luis Carless
Luis Alberto Fernandez
Luis Suarez
Luis Ángel Priego
Luis Carlos Muñoz
Luis Selgas
Luis Fernández
Luis Ernesto Franco
Luis Dalmasy Jr.
Luis Felipe Fernandez-Salvador Y Campodonico
Luis Gerardo Méndez
Luis Arrieta
Luis Alberto López
Luis Ignacio Urive Alvirde
Luis Pedro Cabrera Nava
Luis Costa Jr.
Luis Reggiardo
Luis Manzano
Luis Ernesto Pérez
Luis Romano
Luis Anaya
Luis Alandy
Luis Salgado
Luis Moco
Luis Cerda

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Luis
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Luis

Rankings of first name LUIS by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#27AT Austria2021
#44CH Switzerland2021
#50CL Chili2021
#52ES Spain2021
#125US United State of America2022
#132MX Mexico2021
#152DE Germany2022
#154IT Italy2021
#209AR Argentina2015
#242BE Belgium2022
#292PL Poland2022
#311DK Denmark2022
#325FR France2022
#335NO Norway2022
#444GB United Kingdom2021
#484IE Ireland2022
#548SE Sweden2022
#698BC British Columbia2022
#726QC Quebec2022
#764AB Alberta2022
#836ON Ontario2019
#2458CZ Czechoslovakia2016
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#10964DE Germany2022
Other boys' names around Luis
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Other girls' names around Luis
LUINEIDELUINETELUINGALUINILUINYLUINYERLISLUINYSALUIPALUIRDALUIROSE LUIS LUISALUÍSALÚÍSALUISAAMALIALUISABETLUISABETELUISABETHLUISABRINACHANELLUISACARMELALUISACAROLINA

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