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{{other uses|Luis (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox given name

| name = Luis

| image = Luis Guzman at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Luis Guzmán at the 2009 premiere of Whatever Works.

| pronunciation = {{IPA|es|ˈlwis|lang}}
{{IPA|pt|luˈiʃ, lwiʃ, luˈis, lwis|lang}}

| gender = Male

| feminine = Luisa

| meaning = Famous warrior

| region =

| language = Spanish, Portuguese (Luís), Galician

| origin =

| alternative spelling =

| nickname =

| variant forms = Luís, Luiz

| related names = Alois, Clovis, Lewis, Louis, Ludovic, Ludovico, Ludvík, Ludwig, Luigi, Lajos

| name day =

| petname = Luisito, Luisinho, Lucho

| popularity =

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}}

Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name {{lang|gem|Hludowig}} or {{lang|gem|Chlodovech}}. Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: {{lang|pt|Luís|italic=no}} (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, {{lang|ca|Lluís|italic=no}} in Aragonese and Catalan, while {{lang|pt-BR|Luiz|italic=no}} is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil.

Origins

The Germanic name {{lang|gem|Chlodowig}} (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" ({{wikt-lang|ang|hlūd}}) and "warrior" ({{wikt-lang|ang|wīġ}}) and hence may be translated to famous warrior or "famous in battle".{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthename.com/name/ludwig|title=Ludwig at www.behindthename.com}} According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was {{lang|frk|(h)lod-}}, meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, Woordenboek van voornamen (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also the [http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/verklaring/naam/Lodewijk Lodewijs in the Dutch given names database].

Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. {{lang|es|Luis}} and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a derivation of the Latinized form Clovis, known from the kings of the Franks. The sanctified French king Louis IX (Saint Louis) contributed much to the popularity of the name.

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See also

References

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Category:Spanish masculine given names

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