Louis

LOO-ee; LOO-is

German and French

"renowned warrior"

Louis Origin and Meaning

The name Louis is a boy's name of German, French origin meaning "renowned warrior".

Kate and William shocked the world when they announced that they'd named their third child Louis -- Prince Louis Arthur Charles, to be more precise. But we've been predicting a comeback for this classic name for a long time.

Both Louis and Lewis are already quite popular again in Britain. And several other high-profile parents —like actors Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman— beat the Duke and Duchess to the punch by naming their sons Louis years ago.

While the pronunciation in Britain is normally the French LOO-ee, in the US the final S is often pronounced. To get around the pronunciation confusion, many parents especially In the UK, go with the forms Louie or Lewis, with Louie ranking even higher than Louis. Lewis is in the Scottish Top 10.

Louis Rank in US Top 1000

# 237 in the US

Louis Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 100 on Nameberry

Louis Popularity

• 237 US 2023
• 100 Nameberry 2024
• 30 Canada 2023
• 217 Future 2028
• 48 England 2022
• 70 Scotland 2023
• 89 Ireland 2023
• 41 Australia 2023
• 47 New Zealand 2023
• 4 France 2023
• 11 Germany 2023
• 5 Belgium 2023
• 11 Switzerland 2023
• 60 Austria 2020
• 100 Dogs 2021
• 92 Cats 2022

20 Names Similar to Louis

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Louis.

• George
• Arthur
• Edward
• Harry
• Charles
• Frederick
• William
• Walter
• Hugo
• Theodore
• Charlie
• Oscar
• James
• Alexander
• Henry
• Albert
• Lewis
• Louise
• Philip
• Archie

Famous People Named Louis

• Louis David Riel Canadian politician
• Louis I XV, Kings of France
• Louis XVI (Louis Auguste), King of France
• Louis XVII (Louis Charles), Dauphin (or King) of France
• Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier) King of France
• Louis XIX (Louis Antoine) King of France [for 20 minutes]
• (Charles )Louis,Napoléon Bonaparte aka Napoleon III, Emperor of France
• Louis Phillippe King of France
• Louis I and II Kings of Hungary
• Louis I III, Kings of Naples
• Louis I IV, Holy Roman Emperors
• Louis I III, Kings of Bavaria
• Louis I and II Kings of Etruria
• Louis I and II Bonaparte Kings of Holland
• Louis I and II Princes of Monaco
• Louis I (Louis Felipe) King of Spain
• Louis Ferdinand Dauphin of France, son of Louis XV; father of Louis XVI
• Louis Alexander Prince of Battenberg, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, grandfather of Britain's Prince Philip
• Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas "Dickie" Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, uncle of Prince Philip
• Louis Alphonse Gonzalve Victor Emmanuel Marc de Bourbon Duke of Anjou, claimant to the French throne
• Louis Armstrong American jazz trumpeter and singer
• Louis Sebastian Theroux English broadcaster
• Louis Silvie "Louie" Zamperini American Olympic distance runner and WWII POW camp survivor
• Louis Stanton Auchincloss American novelist and lawyer
• Louis Thauron French ice dancer
• Louis William Tomlinson English singer of group One Direction
• Louis Nicholas Vasquez American football player
• Louis Morris Murphy American football player
• Louis C.K. (born Louis Szekely) American comedian
• Louis Burt Mayer American film producer
• Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze Leib Schmuilowsky), American architect
• (Michael) Louis Vincent Walsh Irish entertainment manager
• Louis Henry Sullivan American architect
• Louis Francis Cristillo birth name of American actor and comedian Lou Costello
• Louis Carl "Lou" Dobbs American TV personality
• Louis Jude "Lou" Ferrigno American actor
• Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. American actor
• Louis Dearborn L'Amour American novelist
• Louis Prima American musician
• Louis Thomas Jordan American musician
• Louis Allen "Lou" Rawls American singer
• Louis Sachar American novelist
• (Jules Eugène) Louis Jouvet French actor and director
• Louis Vuitton French fashion designer
• Louis Dembitz Brandeis U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Louis Pasteur French chemist
• Louis Richard "Lou" Rukeyser American financial journalist and TV commentator
• Louis Braille French inventor
• Louis Renault French jurist
• Louis Charles Philippe Raphaël Prince of Orléans, Duke of Nemours; son of Louis,Philippe I of France
• Louis Ferdinand (Friedrich Ludwig Christian) Prince of Prussia, soldier and composer
• Louis Maria Prince of Bourbon,Two Sicilies, Count of Trani; son of Ferdinand II
• Louis Ferdinand Oskar Christian Prince of Prussia
• Louis Charles (Friedrich Ludwig Karl) Prince of Prussia; son of Frederick William II
• Louis (Aloys Franz de Paula Maria) Prince of Liechtenstein
• Louis (Luigi Carlo Maria Giuseppe) Prince of Bourbon,Two Sicilies, Count of Aquila
• Louis Victor,Pierre,Raymond, French physicist
• Louis Eugène Félix Néel French physicist
• Louis Ignarro American pharmacologist
• Louis Jolliet French explorer
• Louis H. O. Ch. Michel Belgian politician
• Louis Van Lint Belgian painter
• Louis "Lou" Boudreau American baseball player
• Louis Clark "Lou" Brock American baseball player
• Louis Eugene Bullard American NFL football player
• Louis Joseph Chevrolet, French,American racing driver and automaker
• Louis Alfred "Pinky" Clarke American Olympic runner
• Aloysius Paulus Maria "Louis" van Gaal Dutch football manager
• Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey British paleontologist
• Louis "Kid" Kaplan Ukrainian boxer
• Louis Pilot Luxembourgian footballer
• Louis Herman "Red" Klotz American basketball player
• Louis Rubenstein Canadian figure skater
• Louis Laurent Saha French footballer
• Louis Hunter Australian actor
• Louis Hofmann German actor
• Jean Louis "Jack" Lebris de Kerouac, American novelist and poet
• Louis Vincent Gerstner Jr. American former CEO of IBM
• Louis Marie Malle French film director, screenwriter, and producer
• Louis Xavier Marie Guillaume Prince of Luxembourg
• Louis Gibson son of American actor Mel Gibson
• Louis Hugo Sage Jackson son of YouTubers Ash and James Jackson
• Louis Bardo Bullock son of American actress Sandra Bullock
• Louis (b. 2010) Duke of Burgundy, son of Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou; twin of brother Alphonse, Duke of Berry
• Louis Augustus Walton (b. 2013) son of actors Majandra Delfino and David Walton
• Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge (b. 2018) Prince of the United Kingdom; son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

Louis in Pop Culture

• Louis de Pointe du Lac main character in Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire"
• Louis Weasley son of Bill and Fleur Weasley in the "Harry Potter" series, brother of Dominique and Victoire Weasley
• Louis Anthony Stevens character on TV's "Even Stevens"
• Louis Marlowe Litt character on TV's "Suits"
• Louis "Lou" Vartann character on TV's "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
• Dom Louis character in "Dom Juan" by Moliere
• Louis swan in "The Trumpet of the Swan" by E.B. White
• "Louis " graphic novel series by metaphrog
• Louis character in video game "Left 4 Dead"
• Louis the Yard Teacher character in "Sideways Stories from Wayside School" by Louis Sachar, based on the author
• Louis the Alligator character in Disney's "The Princess and the Frog"
• Louis Tully character in the "Ghostbusters" movies
• Louis Gridley Wu main character in the "Ringworld" series by Larry Niven
• Louis "Louie" Anderson main character in "Life with Louie"
• Louis Drax main character in "The 9th Life of Louis Drax"
• Louis "Louie" Duck character in "DuckTales"
• Captain Louis Renault character in the film "Casablanca"
• Louis XIV American rock band
• St. Louis Missouri, USA
• Louis Osmond character from Netflix's "Greenhouse Academy"