Louis

loc · English · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Louis is a name, most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is the 7th most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Chinese, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: From the French male personal name Louis, via Lewis.

rarermore common
  • GTGuatemala1 in 19◐
  • MOMacao1 in 22
  • ECEcuador1 in 31

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈3.2M ●

across 9 countries

#21 ●

of 16M given names

8 ●

recorded for this name

Sources
564 ●

31M records

Official registry-verified

1 in 31 ◐

Ecuador

Spellings & scripts●

LuisLatin · Spanish●29M records
לואיסHebrew · Hebrew●17K records
ลอยThai · Thai●2.7K records
ᲚუისGeorgian · Georgian●28 records
ΛουηςGreek · Greek●12 records
L҉uisCyrillic · Spanish●2 records
루이스Hangul · Korean●1 records
ԼուիArmenian · Armenian●0 records

4 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Luis in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, MX Mexico and 12 more, Lewis in GB United Kingdom, AU Australia, CA Canada and 4 more, Ludovic in FR France, BE Belgium and Ludwig in DE Germany.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

From the French male personal name Louis, via Lewis.

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Louis is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina#76,590,1104.1M rec.—233KLuis200
MX Mexico#44,598,6833.6M rec.—16KLuis294
VE Venezuela#34,356,1981.5M rec.—698Luis172
PE Peru#33,795,7272.3M rec.—557KLuis173
GT Guatemala#41,854,379119K rec.—494KLuis146
BR Brazil#121,335,098700K rec.1 in 1591.3MLuis261
CL Chile#61,274,14892K rec.—457Luis191
CO Colombia#5751,049318K rec.—594Luis233
EC Ecuador#3539,474△20K rec.1 in 31539KLuis146
FR France#151539,110339K rec.1 in 126539KLudovic374
US United States#92488,50513M rec.1 in 681532KLouis564
GB United Kingdom#405427,572657K rec.—1.1KLewis286

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • English9.9M73%
  • Chinese23K1%
  • French21K1%
  • Hebrew1.1K1%
  • Spanish4281%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
English9,918,01173%
Chinese23,0791%
French21,0991%
Hebrew1,1481%
Spanish4281%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Louis is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Polish given name3.3M records spelled Louis147 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Spain, Czechia, France

    Languages: Polish, Spanish, Czech

    Also written Ludwik, Lluis, Ludvik, Luis, Lewis

  • a separate name128K records spelled Louis5 spellings in the group

    Also written Louïs, Loui͏̈s, Loüis

  • Hindi name29K records spelled Louis3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Pakistan

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Lóuis

  • Malay given name15K records spelled Louis4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia

    Languages: Malay, Indonesian

    Also written 'Louis, Ḻ̛̙͔̞̻͐ͣͅo̴͔̘̰̻͎̝̹͛ṵ̦̮̮̒̄̋̓̉̒̚ȉ͚̙̻̳̔̋ͨ̏͛ŝ̠̼̦̓ͥ

  • Vietnamese given name14K records spelled Louis2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Vietnam

    Also written Loui'S

  • Italian given name12K records spelled Louis58 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Brazil, France, United States

    Languages: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Luigi, Ludovico, Luìgì, Lui-Gi, Luìgi

109 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Louis is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Germanic name meaning ‘hear fight’; used in Ireland to translate Lughaidh and Lysagh, from the same root as Clovis.

    as a nameIrish first names

  • In French, From Germanic hlod ‘glory’ + vig ‘battle’; a traditional French/European given name.

    as a nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam

  • In French, From Germanic Hludwig, 'famous battle' or 'renowned warrior'.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In English, French; from Old French, meaning 'famous warrior'.

    as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

  • In French, from Germanic *hlūd- 'fame' + *wīg- 'battle'

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

02K4K6K8K1900195020007.2K · 1921

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Louis in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1880–2025
Yearrecords
1880828
1881746
1882852
1883796
1884886
1885809
1886846
1887791
1888884
1889837
1890860
1891786
1892865
1893816
1894869
1895913
1896871
1897831
1898861
1899770
19001,097
1901797
1902912
1903889
1904936
1905981
19061,101
19071,111
19081,317
19091,231
19101,569
19111,838
19123,591
19134,258
19145,495
19156,518
19166,817
19176,771
19187,082
19196,661
19206,966
19217,247
19227,095
19237,074
19247,043
19256,798
19266,513
19276,663
19286,299
19295,995
19305,810
19315,423
19325,134
19334,695
19344,682
19354,622
19364,418
19374,356
19384,390
19394,224
19404,324
19414,447
19425,151
19435,033
19444,678
19454,480
19464,918
19475,778
19485,386
19495,235
19504,947
19515,089
19524,924
19534,985
19544,848
19554,779
19564,910
19574,695
19584,445
19594,311
19604,128
19613,965
19623,595
19633,620
19643,585
19653,270
19662,992
19672,895
19682,709
19692,623
19702,642
19712,514
19722,102
19731,905
19741,932
19751,812
19761,781
19771,865
19781,753
19791,839
19801,787
19811,805
19821,694
19831,762
19841,711
19851,685
19861,686
19871,683
19881,707
19891,834
19901,820
19911,725
19921,619
19931,582
19941,411
19951,361
19961,283
19971,311
19981,181
19991,143
20001,135
20011,096
20021,143
20031,103
20041,051
20051,002
20061,001
2007937
2008909
2009885
2010921
2011921
20121,057
20131,070
20141,229
20151,210
20161,242
20171,302
20181,388
20191,475
20201,334
20211,422
20221,442
20231,478
20241,510
20251,391

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

5001000150020002500Louis the German, b. 806Louis VII, b. 1120Louis Daguerre, b. 1787Wilhelm I, b. 1797Agassiz, b. 1807Henry Louis Le Chatelier, b. 1850Theodor Adorno, b. 1903Leonard Bernstein, b. 1918Albert Fert, b. 1938Prince George of Wales, b. 2013
  • Louis the Germanb. 806DEKing of East Francia from 843 to 876
  • Louis VIIb. 1120FRKing of France from 1137 to 1180 (1120–1180)
  • Louis Daguerreb. 1787FRFrench scientist, artist and photographer (1787–1851)
  • Wilhelm Ib. 1797DEnot in their usual name19th-century German Emperor and King of Prussia (1797–1888)
  • Agassizb. 1807CHnot in their usual nameSwiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)
  • Henry Louis Le Chatelierb. 1850FRFrench chemist (1850–1936)
  • Theodor Adornob. 1903DEnot in their usual nameGerman philosopher, sociologist and theorist (1903–1969)
  • Leonard Bernsteinb. 1918USnot in their usual nameAmerican conductor and composer (1918–1990)
  • Albert Fertb. 1938FRnot in their usual nameFrench physicist, Nobel laureate in physics
  • Prince George of Walesb. 2013GBnot in their usual nameBritish prince; eldest child of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales (born 2013)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 151 sources across 86 countries.

Official registers attesting Louis
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2024539K#3
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020182K#303
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202026K#1,315
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201024K#1,510
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200019K#1,771
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—6.9K#533
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20084K#175
BE BelgiumStatbel — Noms de famille (family names)—3.7K#187
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19913.2K—
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—2.8K#862
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—2.3K#205
AT AustriaStatistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)20241.9K#64

Reference works 7

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,901 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Louis?
We estimate roughly 3.2 million people bear Louis (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.
In which country does Louis have the most bearers?
Louis is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled luis.
How common is Louis compared with other names?
In Argentina, Louis is the 7th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.
What does the name Louis mean?
Recorded meaning: From the French male personal name Louis, via Lewis.
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Louis” — the 7th most common given name in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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