Luis
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.
| 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 |
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