Louis Forename
Approximately 1,544,657 people bear this name
Louis Forename Definition:
A male name. Latin Ludovicus, French Louis,Italian Luigi, Spanish Luis, German Ludwig: Old German Chlodovech, compound of hloda from the root hlu ‘to hear' and viga ‘fight’. The founder of the Merovingian line of Frankish kings, Chlodowig I (46&-511) was called in Latin Ludovicus or Clovis, and later reduction produced the French Louis.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 358,328 | 1:1,012 | 222 |
| France | 100% | 294,245 | 1:226 | 63 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 172,910 | 1:427 | 72 |
| Haiti | 100% | 171,095 | 1:63 | 3 |
| South Africa | 99% | 49,179 | 1:1,109 | 135 |
| Canada | 100% | 43,708 | 1:758 | 163 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 40,479 | 1:534 | 88 |
| Burundi | 100% | 35,482 | 1:279 | 40 |
| Belgium | 100% | 31,626 | 1:363 | 66 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 29,928 | 1:790 | 169 |
| Ghana | 100% | 24,160 | 1:1,117 | 234 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 23,553 | 1:55 | 4 |
| Central African Republic | - | 22,049 | 1:205 | 56 |
| Nigeria | 96% | 21,637 | 1:8,207 | 1,154 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 21,271 | 1:535 | 109 |
| Benin | 100% | 16,155 | 1:655 | 116 |
| England | 100% | 15,375 | 1:3,616 | 461 |
| Malawi | 99% | 15,335 | 1:1,116 | 235 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 11,843 | 1:1,427 | 297 |
| Mozambique | - | 11,520 | 1:2,365 | 521 |
| Sudan | 100% | 7,734 | 1:4,888 | 775 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 7,629 | 1:12,788 | 1,817 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 6,080 | 1:1,351 | 285 |
| Congo | 99% | 5,378 | 1:931 | 141 |
| India | 94% | 5,206 | 1:233,361 | 23,266 |
| Senegal | 100% | 4,732 | 1:3,081 | 352 |
| Gabon | 100% | 4,650 | 1:405 | 53 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 4,363 | 1:4,213 | 551 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 4,235 | 1:5,449 | 624 |
| Togo | - | 3,626 | 1:1,996 | 328 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 3,147 | 1:9,791 | 1,409 |
| Australia | - | 3,125 | 1:4,370 | 607 |
| Uganda | 90% | 3,116 | 1:13,144 | 1,215 |
| Philippines | 94% | 3,075 | 1:34,475 | 2,906 |
| Guinea | 100% | 2,977 | 1:3,983 | 423 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,879 | 1:3,623 | 564 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,832 | 1:1,018 | 262 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 2,743 | 1:11,101 | 1,238 |
| Tanzania | 98% | 2,436 | 1:21,670 | 2,152 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,411 | 1:29,061 | 3,647 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,319 | 1:111,239 | 12,254 |
| Zambia | - | 2,150 | 1:7,374 | 902 |
| Kenya | 99% | 2,100 | 1:22,051 | 2,085 |
| Zimbabwe | 91% | 2,013 | 1:7,662 | 1,093 |
| Egypt | 93% | 1,909 | 1:48,141 | 2,785 |
| Liberia | 85% | 1,841 | 1:2,397 | 351 |
| Ireland | 97% | 1,824 | 1:2,546 | 348 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,701 | 1:125,947 | 6,501 |
| Mali | 100% | 1,657 | 1:10,246 | 859 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,631 | 1:59,275 | 1,566 |
| Angola | - | 1,620 | 1:16,646 | 1,564 |
| China | - | 1,597 | 1:855,389 | 32,348 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,462 | 1:2,428 | 282 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,377 | 1:3,294 | 550 |
| Morocco | 100% | 1,310 | 1:26,220 | 1,457 |
| Malta | - | 1,239 | 1:347 | 69 |
| Denmark | - | 1,209 | 1:4,673 | 567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 80% | 1,064 | 1:7,662 | 798 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,008 | 1:158,196 | 9,003 |
| Scotland | 100% | 931 | 1:5,747 | 512 |
| Hong Kong | - | 924 | 1:8,390 | 781 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 858 | 1:24,241 | 3,095 |
| Saint Martin | - | 844 | 1:42 | 6 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 807 | 1:699 | 154 |
| Chad | 100% | 803 | 1:16,934 | 2,591 |
| Singapore | 100% | 753 | 1:8,349 | 1,562 |
| French Polynesia | - | 746 | 1:373 | 58 |
| Poland | 94% | 613 | 1:62,034 | 1,561 |
| Mexico | 98% | 560 | 1:221,686 | 3,787 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 556 | 1:2,449 | 474 |
| Swaziland | - | 538 | 1:2,417 | 531 |
| Portugal | - | 535 | 1:19,460 | 942 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 501 | 1:1,739 | 270 |
| Wales | 100% | 499 | 1:6,201 | 657 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 473 | 1:571 | 135 |
| Kuwait | - | 456 | 1:8,301 | 1,013 |
| Sweden | 92% | 403 | 1:24,461 | 1,601 |
| Barbados | - | 401 | 1:723 | 168 |
| Namibia | - | 393 | 1:6,118 | 851 |
| Italy | 97% | 343 | 1:178,024 | 2,654 |
| Spain | 100% | 343 | 1:135,656 | 3,367 |
| Botswana | 100% | 327 | 1:6,680 | 1,060 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 316 | 1:293 | 32 |
| Belize | 100% | 313 | 1:1,132 | 230 |
| Suriname | 100% | 313 | 1:1,766 | 411 |
| Romania | 100% | 301 | 1:66,618 | 3,367 |
| Bahamas | - | 293 | 1:1,363 | 328 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 286 | 1:105,601 | 4,724 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 263 | 1:27,194 | 2,658 |
| Japan | - | 258 | 1:496,070 | 11,010 |
| Norway | 100% | 255 | 1:20,127 | 1,212 |
| Peru | 98% | 245 | 1:129,761 | 4,124 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 240 | 1:457 | 60 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 234 | 1:7,877 | 694 |
| Greece | 100% | 211 | 1:51,823 | 1,781 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 183 | 1:851 | 259 |
| Ecuador | - | 181 | 1:97,939 | 2,428 |
| Panama | 100% | 176 | 1:22,196 | 2,123 |
| Guyana | 100% | 169 | 1:4,516 | 836 |
| Qatar | 100% | 169 | 1:14,021 | 2,196 |
| Chile | 92% | 165 | 1:106,710 | 2,647 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 164 | 1:1,084 | 170 |
| Aruba | - | 159 | 1:653 | 102 |
| Vanuatu | - | 159 | 1:1,646 | 442 |
| Oman | - | 157 | 1:26,170 | 1,993 |
| South Korea | 89% | 156 | 1:35,541 | 2,750 |
| Gibraltar | - | 113 | 1:302 | 54 |
| Vietnam | - | 112 | 1:826,992 | 2,468 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 109 | 1:218,070 | 18,655 |
| Russia | 93% | 95 | 1:1,518,250 | 11,258 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 93 | 1:173,209 | 2,844 |
| Guam | - | 91 | 1:1,765 | 388 |
| Austria | 100% | 77 | 1:110,574 | 2,217 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Dominica | - | 70 | 1:1,078 | 201 |
| Pakistan | 98% | 59 | 1:3,294,198 | 37,546 |
| Colombia | 100% | 58 | 1:823,775 | 10,256 |
| Czechia | 99% | 58 | 1:183,727 | 1,535 |
| Jersey | - | 57 | 1:1,754 | 347 |
| Monaco | 100% | 55 | 1:699 | 138 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 54 | 1:643 | 121 |
| Gambia | - | 49 | 1:39,318 | 298 |
| Myanmar | - | 49 | 1:1,060,169 | 627 |
| Iraq | 100% | 48 | 1:729,539 | 6,887 |
| Costa Rica | 91% | 46 | 1:103,651 | 3,266 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 46 | 1:44,348 | 4,744 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 44 | 1:217 | 70 |
| Brunei | - | 43 | 1:9,757 | 724 |
| Hungary | 89% | 39 | 1:251,071 | 1,219 |
| Afghanistan | 50% | 36 | 1:906,209 | 11,655 |
| Micronesia | - | 35 | 1:3,043 | 394 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 92% | 34 | 1:3,282 | 615 |
| Bermuda | - | 32 | 1:2,026 | 445 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 31 | 1:1,977 | 447 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 31 | 1:2,043 | 330 |
| Israel | 79% | 31 | 1:271,062 | 7,224 |
| Honduras | 100% | 30 | 1:293,916 | 5,685 |
| Finland | 97% | 29 | 1:189,075 | 3,312 |
| Niger | 100% | 27 | 1:710,518 | 12,614 |
| Grenada | 88% | 26 | 1:4,159 | 713 |
| Estonia | 100% | 23 | 1:57,190 | 3,101 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 21 | 1:286,587 | 6,256 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 20 | 1:4,970 | 915 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 19 | 1:1,645 | 365 |
| Mongolia | - | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 18 | 1:32,275 | 2,271 |
| American Samoa | - | 17 | 1:3,285 | 601 |
| El Salvador | - | 17 | 1:373,046 | 3,886 |
| Greenland | - | 17 | 1:3,316 | 507 |
| Argentina | 63% | 16 | 1:2,673,328 | 8,808 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 16 | 1:71,106 | 389 |
| Iceland | - | 16 | 1:22,876 | 1,561 |
| Jordan | - | 16 | 1:551,673 | 4,062 |
| Albania | 100% | 15 | 1:203,105 | 10,584 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 15 | 1:3,275 | 583 |
| Macau | - | 15 | 1:40,547 | 508 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 13 | 1:2,912 | 381 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 13 | 1:4,220 | 766 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 12 | 1:1,513 | 249 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 11 | 1:1,205 | 212 |
| Ukraine | - | 11 | 1:4,136,355 | 7,862 |
| Bolivia | - | 9 | 1:1,177,934 | 3,617 |
| Djibouti | - | 9 | 1:101,740 | 979 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 9 | 1:625,286 | 7,004 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 9 | 1:702 | 192 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Cambodia | - | 7 | 1:2,324,761 | 25,689 |
| Syria | - | 7 | 1:2,758,011 | 4,869 |
| Turkey | - | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| Cuba | - | 5 | 1:2,301,310 | 5,387 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 5 | 1:819,048 | 12,822 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 5 | 1:126,915 | 2,987 |
| San Marino | 100% | 5 | 1:6,584 | 471 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 5 | 1:1,062,013 | 3,906 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Isle of Man | - | 4 | 1:21,256 | 352 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Marshall Islands | 75% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cape Verde | - | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:159,066 | 2,607 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vatican City | - | 1 | 1:123 | 15 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Louís (1) are calculated separately.
Louis (432,921) may also be a surname.
Louis Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Latin Ludovicus, French Louis,Italian Luigi, Spanish Luis, German Ludwig: Old German Chlodovech, compound of hloda from the root hlu ‘to hear' and viga ‘fight’. The founder of the Merovingian line of Frankish kings, Chlodowig I (46&-511) was called in Latin Ludovicus or Clovis, and later reduction produced the French Louis. It was, perhaps, the most popular of all names in France until the Revolution and was borne by no fewer than 18 kings. It was introduced into England soon after the Norman Conquest, the English form of the name being Lewis or Lowis, and gave rise to many surnames, e.g. Lewis, Lewes, Lowis, Lowes, Lewison, &e. It has been used a good deal in Wales, originally as an anglicization of Llewellyn (q.v.). The French spelling and pronunciation are now sometimes used, e.g. Robert Louis Stevenson. The Provençal form of the name was Aloys, and Aloisio was also sometimes used in Italy and Spain (see further Aloysius). See also Lodowick.
Lewis Curia Regis Rolls 1203. Lowis Curia Regis Rolls 1210, Lodewicus Feudal Aids 1428.
As an English name,—for it is one of the three commonest French ‘Christians’,—it is much less frequent than Lewis, q. v. for etymology.
Teutonic (masculine) - Hero of the people.
A Old French name, meaning: Glorious warrior.
Louis Forename Popularity
Louis Demographics
Average Male Louis Height
175.67 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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