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Louis
Pronounced /ˈlu.ɪs/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1926 · #881
Origin
French
Also recorded for boys:1,503 in 2024 (#236)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No girls were recorded as Louis in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1926 with 71 babies, ranked #881.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 2,841 girls have been named Louis since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Louis per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 972 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 665 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 463 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 311 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 215 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 10 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 26 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From French Louis, from Middle French Loïs, Loïc, &c., from Old French Looïs, Luis, Lodhuvigs, Lodevis, Lodhwig, &c., from Latin Ludovicus, from Clodovicus, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud; famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”). Doublet of Lewis (which is inherited since the Middle Ages) and, more remotely, Aloysius, Luis, Ludwig, Luigi, and Clovis.
- A male given name from French.
- (uncommon) A female given name.
- Origin
- French
- Say it
- /ˈlu.ɪs/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Louis, CC BY-SA 4.0.