Luis

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Lewis in GB United Kingdom, AU Australia, CA Canada and 4 more, Louis in US United States, MO Macao, 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●

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

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◐

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

• a separate given name1.1M records spelled Luis6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, India

  Also written Luís, Luìs, Luīs, Luiś, Lúis

• Catalan given name360K records spelled Luis31 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Belgium

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Luís, Luïs, Luìs, Lúis, Lùis

• Lao given name45K records spelled Luis9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Chile, United States, Peru

  Also written Luís, 'Luis, Lüïs, Luis', Lüis

• Polish given name38K records spelled Luis81 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Czechia, Spain

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Croatian

  Also written Lewis, Luiz, Luís, Луис, Louis

• Polish given name19K records spelled Luis147 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Spain, Czechia, France

  Languages: Polish, Spanish, Czech

  Also written Ludwik, Lluis, Ludvik, Louis, Lewis

• Finnish given name13K records spelled Luis19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Spain, Peru

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Lüis, Luís, Lüïs, Lüïš, Lüís

106 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●

Luis 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 Spanish, louis (currency)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, Luis är en spansk och tysk form av → Louis (Ludvig).

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Italian, forma reduzida de Luisi

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Italian, Variante di Aloisi

  as a name·Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

• Guerrero ilustre

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

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●

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●

• Manuel L. Quezonb. 1878PHnot in their usual namePresident of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944
• Luis Buñuelb. 1900ESSpanish-Mexican filmmaker (1900–1983)
• Luis Carrero Blancob. 1904ESSpanish admiral and politician
• Luis Walter Alvarezb. 1911USAmerican experimental physicist, inventor, and professor (1911–1988)
• Luís Cabralb. 1931GWPrime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (1931-2009)
• Luis de la Fuenteb. 1961ESSpanish football manager (born 1961)
• Luis Abinaderb. 1967LBPresident of the Dominican Republic
• Luís Figob. 1972PTPortuguese football player (born 1972)
• Ronaldob. 1976BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian association football player (born 1976)
• Luis Alberto Suárezb. 1987UYUruguayan association football player

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,676 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Luis?

We estimate roughly 3.2 million people bear Luis (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Luis have the most bearers?

Luis is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled luis.

How common is Luis compared with other names?

In Argentina, Luis is the 7th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Luis a male or female name?

Luis is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Luis mean?

Recorded meaning: from the personal name Lms or Luis, from French Louis.