# Luis

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{{other uses|Luis (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox name
| name                 = Luis
| image                = Luis Guzman at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg
| image_size           = 
| caption              = [Luis Guzmán](/source/Luis_Guzm%C3%A1n) at the 2009 premiere of [Whatever Works](/source/Whatever_Works).
| pronunciation        = {{IPA|es|ˈlwis|lang}}<br />{{IPA|pt|luˈiʃ, lwiʃ, luˈis, lwis|lang}}
| gender               = Male
| feminine             = [Luisa](/source/Luisa)
| meaning              = Famous warrior
| region               = 
| language             = [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language), [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language) (Luís), [Galician](/source/Galician_language)
| origin               = 
| alternative spelling = 
| nickname             = 
| variant forms        = Luís, [Luiz](/source/Luiz)
| related names        = [Alois](/source/Alois), [Clovis](/source/Clovis_(given_name)), [Lewis](/source/Lewis_(given_name)), [Louis](/source/Louis_(given_name)), [Ludovic](/source/Ludovic), [Ludovico](/source/Ludovico), [Ludvík](/source/Ludv%C3%ADk), [Ludwig](/source/Ludwig_(given_name)), [Luigi](/source/Luigi_(given_name)), [Lajos](/source/Lajos)
| name day             = 
| petname              = [Luisito](/source/Luisito), [Luisinho](/source/Luisinho_(disambiguation)), [Lucho](/source/Lucho)
| popularity           = 
| footnotes            = 
| wikt                 = 
}}

'''Luis''' is a [given name](/source/given_name). It is the [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language) form of the originally [Germanic](/source/Germanic_language) name {{lang|gem|Hludowig}} or {{lang|gem|Chlodovech}}, which were introduced to the [Iberian Peninsula](/source/Iberian_Peninsula) during [its occupation](/source/Visigothic_Kingdom) by the [Visigoths](/source/Visigoths). Other [Iberian Romance languages](/source/Iberian_Romance_languages) have comparable forms: '''{{lang|pt|Luís|italic=no}}''' (with an accent mark on the i) in [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language) and [Galician](/source/Galician_language), '''{{lang|ca|Lluís|italic=no}}''' in [Catalan](/source/Catalan_language) and '''{{lang|an|Loís|italic=no}}''' in [Aragonese](/source/Aragonese_language), while '''{{lang|pt-BR|Luíz|italic=no}}''' is archaic in Portugal, but common in [Brazil](/source/Brazil).

== Origins ==
The [Germanic](/source/Proto-Germanic_language) name {{lang|gem|[Chlodowig](/source/Chlodowig)}} (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" ({{wikt-lang|ang|hlūd}}) and "warrior" ({{wikt-lang|ang|wīġ}}) and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.behindthename.com/name/ludwig |title=Ludwig at www.behindthename.com}}</ref>{{Unreliable source|reason=Self-published source|date=September 2025}} According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was {{lang|frk|(h)lod-}}, meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.<ref>J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also the [http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/verklaring/naam/Lodewijk Lodewijs in the Dutch given names database].</ref>

Modern forms of the name are the [German](/source/German_language) name [Ludwig](/source/Ludwig_(given_name)) and the Dutch form [Lodewijk](/source/Lodewijk). {{lang|es|Luis}} and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the [French](/source/French_language) name [Louis](/source/Louis_(given_name)), a derivation of the [Latinized](/source/Latinisation_of_names) form [Clovis](/source/Clovis_(given_name)), known from the kings of the [Franks](/source/Franks). The sanctified French king [Louis IX](/source/Louis_IX_of_France) (Saint Louis) contributed much to the popularity of the name.

==Given name==

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===Arts and entertainment===
* [Luis Antonio Ramos](/source/Luis_Antonio_Ramos), Puerto Rican actor
* [Luis Antonio Rivera](/source/Luis_Antonio_Rivera), Puerto Rican television host
* [Luis Bezeta](/source/Luis_Bezeta), Spanish visual artist and filmmaker
* [Luis Brandoni](/source/Luis_Brandoni), Argentine actor and politician
* [Luis Buñuel](/source/Luis_Bu%C3%B1uel), Spanish film director
* [Lluís Claret](/source/Llu%C3%ADs_Claret), Andorran cellist
* [Luis Enrique](/source/Luis_Enrique_(singer)), Nicaraguan singer
* [Luis Fernando Vager](/source/Little_Louie_Vega), Puerto Rican musician and producer
* [Luis Fonsi](/source/Luis_Fonsi), Puerto Rican singer
* [Luis Gatica](/source/Luis_Gatica), Mexican-Chilean-Puerto Rican actor and singer
* [Luis Guzmán](/source/Luis_Guzm%C3%A1n), Puerto Rican actor
* [Luis Roberto Guzmán](/source/Luis_Roberto_Guzm%C3%A1n), Puerto Rican actor
* [Lluís Llach](/source/Llu%C3%ADs_Llach), Catalan composer
* [Luis Manzano](/source/Luis_Manzano), Filipino actor and television host
* [Luis Egidio Meléndez](/source/Luis_Egidio_Mel%C3%A9ndez), Spanish painter
* [Luis Miguel](/source/Luis_Miguel), Mexican singer
* [Luis Oquendo](/source/Luis_Oquendo), Cuban actor
* [Luis "Perico" Ortiz](/source/Luis_%22Perico%22_Ortiz), Puerto Rican musician
* [Luis Puenzo](/source/Luis_Puenzo), Argentine film director, producer and screenplay writer
* [Luis Rego](/source/Luis_Rego), Portuguese actor and musician
* [Luis Sanguino](/source/Luis_Sanguino), Spanish sculptor
* [Luis Segura](/source/Luis_Segura), Dominican singer
* [Luis Vargas](/source/Luis_Vargas_(musician)), Dominican singer
* [Luis Vigoreaux Lorenzana](/source/Luisito_Vigoreaux), Puerto Rican television host
* [Luis Vigoreaux](/source/Luis_Vigoreaux) Rivera, Puerto Rican television host
* Luis Ferdinand Vega, known as [Little Louie Vega](/source/Little_Louie_Vega), American DJ, record producer and Grammy Award winner remixer of Puerto Rican ancestry

===Politicians and government officials===
* [Luis Alberto de Herrera](/source/Luis_Alberto_de_Herrera), Uruguayan politician
* [Luis E. Arreaga](/source/Luis_E._Arreaga), Guatemalan-American diplomat
* [Luis Arce](/source/Luis_Arce), Bolivian politician and current president of Bolivia
* [Luis Ortega Álvarez](/source/Luis_Ortega_%C3%81lvarez), Spanish judge
* [Luis Carrillo](/source/Luis_Carrillo), Spanish colonial administrator
* [Luis Motta Domínguez](/source/Luis_Motta_Dom%C3%ADnguez), Venezuelan politician and military officer
* [Luis Alberto Lacalle](/source/Luis_Alberto_Lacalle), former president of Uruguay
* [Luis Ángel González Macchi](/source/Luis_%C3%81ngel_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Macchi), former president of Paraguay
* [Lluís Companys](/source/Llu%C3%ADs_Companys) i Jover, Catalan politician
* [Luis Conrado Batlle y Berres](/source/Luis_Batlle_Berres), former president of Uruguay
* [Luis María del Corazón de Jesús Dionisio Argaña Ferraro](/source/Luis_Mar%C3%ADa_Arga%C3%B1a), Paraguayan politician
* [Luis R. Esteves](/source/Luis_R._Esteves), Major General, Puerto Rican-American military leader
* [Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo](/source/Luis_A._Ferr%C3%A9), former Governor of Puerto Rico (1969–1973)
* [Luis Fortuño](/source/Luis_Fortu%C3%B1o), Governor of Puerto Rico (2009–2013)
* [Luis Guinot](/source/Luis_Guinot), Puerto Rican-American diplomat
* [Luis Gutiérrez](/source/Luis_Guti%C3%A9rrez), Puerto Rican-American political leader
* [Luis Mangalus Taruc](/source/Luis_Mangalus_Taruc), Filipino politician
* [Luis Mena](/source/Luis_Mena_(Nicaraguan_politician)), president of Nicaragua
* [Luis Muñoz Marín](/source/Luis_Mu%C3%B1oz_Mar%C3%ADn), first democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico
* [Luis Muñoz de Guzmán](/source/Luis_Mu%C3%B1oz_de_Guzm%C3%A1n), a Spanish colonial administrator
* [Luis Enrique Oberto](/source/Luis_Enrique_Oberto) (1928–2022), Venezuelan politician
* [Luis Redondo](/source/Luis_Redondo), Honduran politician and engineer, deputy and president of the National Congress of Honduras
* [Luis Muñoz Rivera](/source/Luis_Mu%C3%B1oz_Rivera), Puerto Rican politician and father of Luis Muñoz Marín
* [Luis Rodríguez de Miguel](/source/Luis_Rodr%C3%ADguez_de_Miguel) (1910–1982), Spanish politician and jurist
* [Luis D. Rovira](/source/Luis_D._Rovira) (1923–2011), associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court

===Royalty of Portugal===
* [Luís I of Portugal](/source/Lu%C3%ADs_I_of_Portugal) (1838–1889), Portuguese king
* Infante Luís (1340-1340), first son of King [Pedro I of Portugal](/source/Pedro_I_of_Portugal)
* [Prince Luís, Duke of Beja](/source/Prince_Lu%C3%ADs%2C_Duke_of_Beja) (1506–1555)
* [Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal](/source/Lu%C3%ADs_Filipe%2C_Prince_Royal_of_Portugal) (1887–1908)

===Sports===
* [Luis Alberto González](/source/Luis_Alberto_Gonz%C3%A1lez), Colombian cyclist (1965)
* [Luis Alberto Pérez](/source/Luis_Alberto_P%C3%A9rez), Nicaraguan boxer (1978)
* [Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda](/source/Luis_Alberto_P%C3%A9rez-Rionda), Cuban runner (1969)
* [Luis Amaranto Perea](/source/Luis_Amaranto_Perea), Colombian football player (1979)
* [Luis Antonio Jiménez](/source/Luis_Antonio_Jim%C3%A9nez), Chilean footballer (1984)
* [Luis Aragonés](/source/Luis_Aragon%C3%A9s), Spanish football player and manager (1938–2014)
* [Luis Arráez](/source/Luis_Arr%C3%A1ez), Venezuelan baseball player (1997)
* [Luis Alberto Ayala](/source/Luis_Ayala_(tennis)), Chilean tennis player (1932–2024)
* [Luis Ignacio Ayala](/source/Luis_Ayala_(baseball)), Mexican baseball pitcher (1978)
* [Luis Barrera](/source/Luis_Barrera), Dominican baseball player (1995)
* [Luis Barrios](/source/Luis_Barrios), Peruvian basketball player (1990)
* [Luis Caballero](/source/Luis_Caballero_(footballer)), Paraguayan footballer (1962–2005)
* [Luis Campusano](/source/Luis_Campusano), American baseball player (1998)
* [Lluís Carreras](/source/Llu%C3%ADs_Carreras), Spanish footballer (1972)
* [Luis Antonio Castillo](/source/Luis_Castillo_(second_baseman)), Dominican baseball player (1975)
* [Luis Alberto Castillo](/source/Luis_Castillo_(American_football)), Dominican-American football player (1983)
* [Luis Felipe Castillo](/source/Luis_Castillo_(pitcher%2C_born_1995)), Dominican baseball player (1995)
* [Luis Miguel Castillo](/source/Luis_Castillo_(pitcher%2C_born_1992)), Dominican baseball player (1992)
* [Luis Cessa](/source/Luis_Cessa), Mexican baseball player (1992)
* [Luis Cristaldo](/source/Luis_Cristaldo), Bolivian footballer
* {{anbl|Luis Cruz Donoso}}
* [Luis Daniel Cupla](/source/Luis_Daniel_Cupla), Urguayan footballer
* [Luis Díaz](/source/Luis_D%C3%ADaz_(volleyball)), Venezuelan volleyball player
* [Luís Dutra Jr.](/source/Lu%C3%ADs_Dutra_Jr.), Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter
* [Luis Enrique](/source/Luis_Enrique_(footballer)), Spanish football player and manager
* [Luis Ernesto José](/source/Luis_Ernesto_Jos%C3%A9), Dominican boxer
* [Luis Ernesto Michel](/source/Luis_Ernesto_Michel), Mexican football goalkeeper
* [Luís Fabiano](/source/Lu%C3%ADs_Fabiano), Brazilian football player
* [Luis Fernando Suárez](/source/Luis_Fernando_Su%C3%A1rez), Colombian football player and manager
* [Luís Figo](/source/Lu%C3%ADs_Figo), Portuguese football player
* [Luis Frías](/source/Luis_Fr%C3%ADas_(baseball)), Dominican baseball player
* [Luis Amado García](/source/Luis_Garc%C3%ADa_(pitcher%2C_born_1987)), Dominican baseball player (1987)
* [Luis Heibardo García](/source/Luis_Garc%C3%ADa_(pitcher%2C_born_1996)), Venezuelan baseball player (1996)
* [Luis Henrique](/source/Luis_Henrique_(footballer%2C_born_2001)), Brazilian football player (2001)
* [Luis Victoriano García](/source/Luis_Garc%C3%ADa_(infielder%2C_born_2000)), Dominican-American baseball player (2000)
* [Luis García Sanz](/source/Luis_Garc%C3%ADa_Sanz), Spanish football player
* [Luis Galván](/source/Luis_Galv%C3%A1n), Argentine football player
* [Luis Ángel Gil](/source/Luis_Gil_(baseball)), Dominican baseball player
* [Luis Miguel Gil](/source/Luis_Gil_(soccer)), American soccer player
* [Luis Emilio Gonzalez](/source/Luis_Gonzalez_(outfielder%2C_born_1967)), Cuban-American baseball player
* [Luis Fernando González](/source/Luis_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(outfielder%2C_born_1995)), Mexican baseball player
* [Luis Guillorme](/source/Luis_Guillorme), Venezuelan baseball player
* [Luis Hasa](/source/Luis_Hasa), Italian football player
* [Luis Liberato](/source/Luis_Liberato), Dominican baseball player
* [Luis Manuel Rodríguez](/source/Luis_Manuel_Rodr%C3%ADguez), Cuban boxer
* [Luis Marín](/source/Luis_Mar%C3%ADn_Murillo), Costa Rican football player
* [Luís Martins](/source/Lu%C3%ADs_Martins_(footballer%2C_born_1992)), Portuguese football player
* [Luis Matos](/source/Luis_Matos_(baseball%2C_born_2002)) (born 2002), Venezuelan baseball outfielder
* [Luis Ángel Medina](/source/Luis_Medina_(pitcher)), Dominican baseball player
* [Luis Main Medina](/source/Luis_Medina_(designated_hitter)), American baseball player
* [Luis Monti](/source/Luis_Monti), Italian and Argentine football player and manager
* [Luís Novo](/source/Lu%C3%ADs_Novo), Portuguese long-distance runner
* [Luis Olmo](/source/Luis_Olmo), Puerto Rican baseball player
* [Luis Onmura](/source/Luis_Onmura), Brazilian judoka
* [Luis Alberto Ortiz](/source/Luis_Ortiz_(third_baseman)), Dominican baseball player and coach
* [Luis Francisco Ortiz](/source/Luis_Ortiz_(pitcher%2C_born_1995)), American baseball player
* [Luis Leandro Ortiz](/source/Luis_Ortiz_(pitcher%2C_born_1999)), Dominican baseball player
* [Luis Ortiz Flores](/source/Luis_Ortiz_(Puerto_Rican_boxer)), Puerto Rican boxer
* [Luis Palau](/source/Luis_Palau), Argentine-American televangelist
* [Luis Palomino](/source/Luis_Palomino), Peruvian mixed martial arts fighter
* [Luis Patiño](/source/Luis_Pati%C3%B1o_(baseball)), Colombian baseball player
* [Luis Patiño (tennis)](/source/Luis_Pati%C3%B1o_(tennis)), Mexican tennis player
* [Luis David Perdomo](/source/Luis_Perdomo_(baseball%2C_born_1993)), Dominican baseball player
* [Luis M. Perdomo](/source/Luis_Perdomo_(baseball%2C_born_1984)), Dominican baseball player
* [Luis Perez](/source/Luis_Perez_(American_football)), American football player
* [Luis Pizarro](/source/Luis_Pizarro_(boxer)), Puerto Rican boxer
* [Luis Rengifo](/source/Luis_Rengifo), Venezuelan baseball player
* [Luis Rivera (infielder)](/source/Luis_Rivera_(infielder)), Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
* [Luis Robert](/source/Luis_Robert), Cuban baseball player
* [Luis Orlando Rodríguez](/source/Luis_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(baseball)), Venezuelan baseball player
* [Luis Rodríguez](/source/Luis_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(volleyball)), Puerto Rican volleyball player Luis Rodríguez
* [Luis Rojas (baseball)](/source/Luis_Rojas_(baseball)), Dominican baseball player and coach
* [Luis Salvadores Salvi](/source/Luis_Salvadores_Salvi), Chilean basketball player
* [Luis Salom](/source/Luis_Salom) (1991–2016), Spanish Grand prix motorcycle racer
* [Luis Santos (baseball)](/source/Luis_Santos_(baseball)), Dominican baseball pitcher
* [Luís Santos (water polo)](/source/Lu%C3%ADs_Santos_(water_polo)), Brazilian water polo goalkeeper
* [Luis Severino](/source/Luis_Severino), Dominican baseball player
* [Luis Sinclair](/source/Luis_Sinclair), Panamanian basketball player
* [Luis Soares](/source/Luis_Soares), Portuguese-French long-distance runner
* [Luis Somoza Debayle](/source/Luis_Somoza_Debayle), former president of Nicaragua
* [Luis Suárez](/source/Luis_Su%C3%A1rez), Uruguayan footballer (1987)
* [Luis Suárez Miramontes](/source/Luis_Su%C3%A1rez_Miramontes), Spanish football player and manager
* [Luis Terrero](/source/Luis_Terrero), Dominican baseball player
* [Luis Tiant](/source/Luis_Tiant), Cuban-American baseball player
* [Luis Torrens](/source/Luis_Torrens), Venezuelan baseball player
* [Luis Urías](/source/Luis_Ur%C3%ADas), Mexican baseball player
* [Luis Urueta](/source/Luis_Urueta), Colombian baseball coach
* [Luis Vasquez](/source/Luis_Vasquez_(American_football)), American football player
* [Luis Villar](/source/Luis_Villar), Argentine basketball player
* [Luis Villarroel](/source/Luis_Villarroel), Venezuelan diver
* [Luis Vizcaíno](/source/Luis_Vizca%C3%ADno), Dominican baseball player

===Writers===
* [Luís de Camões](/source/Lu%C3%ADs_de_Cam%C3%B5es), Portuguese poet
* [Luis Lloréns Torres](/source/Luis_Llor%C3%A9ns_Torres), Puerto Rican playwright and poet
* [Luis López Nieves](/source/Luis_L%C3%B3pez_Nieves), Puerto Rican writer
* [Luis Palés Matos](/source/Luis_Pal%C3%A9s_Matos), Puerto Rican author
* [Luis Rafael Sánchez](/source/Luis_Rafael_S%C3%A1nchez), Puerto Rican playwright

===Other===
* [Luis F. Alvarez](/source/Luis_F._Alvarez), Spanish-American physician (grandfather of Luis W. Alvarez)
* [Luis W. Álvarez](/source/Luis_Walter_Alvarez), Spanish-American physicist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physics
* [Luis Aponte Martínez](/source/Luis_Aponte_Mart%C3%ADnez), Puerto Rican religious leader
* [Luis de Moscoso Alvarado](/source/Luis_de_Moscoso_Alvarado), Spanish explorer and conquistador
* [Lluís Domènech i Montaner](/source/Llu%C3%ADs_Dom%C3%A8nech_i_Montaner), Catalan architect
* [Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, 9th Count of Alba de Liste](/source/Luis_Enr%C3%ADquez_de_Guzm%C3%A1n%2C_9th_Count_of_Alba_de_Liste), Spanish nobleman
* [Luis Jacob](/source/Luis_Jacob), Peruvian-Canadian visual artists and photographer
* [Luis Garavito](/source/Luis_Garavito), prolific Colombian serial killer and rapist
* [Luis González Vale](/source/Luis_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Vale), Puerto Rican historian
* [Luis Lliboutry](/source/Luis_Lliboutry), French-Chilean glaciologist
* Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald, fictional character on NBC's daytime drama ''Passions''
* [Luis Marden](/source/Luis_Marden), American photographer
* [Luis Marileo Colipí](/source/Luis_Marileo_Colip%C3%AD), Mapuche chief
* [Luis Miranda Casañas](/source/Luis_Miranda_Casa%C3%B1as), Puerto Rican businessman
* [Luis M. Rocha](/source/Luis_M._Rocha), American-Portuguese professor and scientist
* [Luis Née](/source/Luis_N%C3%A9e), explorer, botanist, discovered Coast Live Oak in California
* [Luis Padial](/source/Luis_Padial), Puerto Rican military leader
* [Luis Parada](/source/Luis_Parada_(lawyer)), Salvadoran lawyer
* Luis Portillo, Mexican airline pilot
* [Luis Posada Carriles](/source/Luis_Posada_Carriles), Cuban militant
* [Luis Rodríguez Zúñiga](/source/Luis_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Z%C3%BA%C3%B1iga) (1942–1991), Spanish sociologist
* [Luis Sera](/source/Luis_Sera), a character in ''Resident Evil 4''
* [Luis Scott-Vargas](/source/Luis_Scott-Vargas), American ''Magic: the Gathering'' player
* [Luis Antonio Tagle](/source/Luis_Antonio_Tagle), Filipino cardinal and current prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

; Middle name
* [José Luis Corcuera](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Corcuera) (born 1944), Spanish politician

==See also==
* {{look from|Luis}}
* {{look from|Lluis}}
* {{look from|Lluís}}
* {{look from|Louis}}
* {{look from|Louie}}
* {{look from|Lu}}
* {{look from|Lui}}
* {{look from|Lo}}
* [Lewis (given name)](/source/Lewis_(given_name))
* [Louis (given name)](/source/Louis_(given_name))
* [Lucho](/source/Lucho)
* [Luiz (given name)](/source/Luiz_(given_name))

==References==
{{Reflist|1}}

{{given name|Luis}}

Category:Spanish masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names
Category:Portuguese masculine given names

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