Luis

What Luis means

Same root as Louis, meaning “loud; famous + battle”

Doublet of Louis || 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 (“bat

Source: Wiktionary, “Luis” (revision 94541269) and “Louis” (revision 94541261), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Luis?

US: Falling: down from #108 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #362 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2000, when 7,662 boys got the name (#49 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 690 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,771 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (4.46 per 1,000 boys), AZ (3.97 per 1,000 boys), TX (3.23 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Luis is #144 in the US and #639 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.7% of US babies named Luis were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the UK pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Louis1,391 US · 1,030 E&W
• Luiz28 US · 3 E&W
• Les11 US
• Luiss0 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Luis

Boys

• Carlos#150Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Juan#159Spanish, meaning “Yahweh is gracious”^*
• Jesus#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2004, with 6,472 babies; 2,078 in 2025
• Marcos#516Editor’s note Down from #408 in 2015 to #516 in 2025 in the US
• Jorge#322Same root as George, meaning “farmer, earth worker”^*
• Fernando#387Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2006, with 2,758 babies; 819 in 2025

For a sister

• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025
• Alejandra#604Same root as Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Carmen#389Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 2,440 babies; 798 in 2025
• Angelica#707Italian, meaning “angelic”^*
• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*
• Ana#245Editor’s note Down from #211 in 2015 to #245 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Luis’s. Rank is US 2025.