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Louis
Pronounced /ˈlu.ɪs/
Rank in 2024
#236
Born in 2024
1,503
Peak year
1921 · #29
Origin
French
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,503 boys were named Louis, about 1 in every 1,141.
- It peaked in 1921 with 7,247 babies, ranked #29.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 405,059 boys 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.
- 6.9Greatest1901–27
- 4.3Silent1928–45
- 2.3Boomers1946–64
- 1.3Gen X1965–80
- 0.9Millennials1981–96
- 0.5Gen Z1997–12
- 0.7Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 115,276 babies, 6.90 per 1,000. Silent: 88,158 babies, 4.27 per 1,000. Boomers: 88,138 babies, 2.35 per 1,000. Gen X: 36,422 babies, 1.34 per 1,000. Millennials: 26,368 babies, 0.87 per 1,000. Gen Z: 16,794 babies, 0.54 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 16,089 babies, 0.74 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.