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Meaning and origin
Louis is a French boy name. The meaning of the name is `Famous Warrior`.


Where is it used?
The name Louis is mainly used in French and in English.

How do they say it elsewhere?
Luis (In Spanish and in Portuguese)
Luiz (In Portuguese)
Luigi (In Italian)
Lajos (In Hungarian)
Ludwig (In German)
Loic (In French and in Breton)
Aloysius (In English, German and in Dutch)
Lewis (In English)
Lluis (In Catalan)


If it's too long people might use
In English: Lou


For the opposite sex use:
In Swedish: Lovisa (F)
In Scandinavian: Lovise (F)
In French and in English: Louise (F)
In Finnish: Loviisa (F)
In English: Louisa (F)


See also
In Spanish, Portuguese and in Italian: Luisa
In Slovene: Alojz
In Scandinavian: Ludvig
In Portuguese: Aloisio
In Polish: Ludwik
In Polish: Lodewijk
In Italian: Lodovico
In Italian: Gianluigi
In Italian: Luigina
In Italian: Luigino
In Irish: Laoise
In Icelandic: Liðvík
In Hungarian: Lujza
In German and in Czech: Alois
In German: Lutz
In German: Aloisia
In German: Luise
In French: Ouida
In Esperanto: Luchjo
In Esperanto: Ludoviko
In English (Modern): Louiza
In English: Louie (M)
In English: Ludovic
In Czech: Ludvik


Extra information:
Alternative meanings (Old English) Famous Warrior

More `Louis` links
Louis as abbreviation
Actors named Louis
Louis in the encyclopedia