Luis
Germanic (Frankish): Famous in battle
Pronounced loo-EES
Where the name comes from
- Germanic (Frankish)Famous in battleHlūdawīg (Chlodovech), from hlūd, "famous, loud," and wīg, "battle, war"The Spanish form of Louis. The same Frankish name became Clovis, Ludwig, Lewis and Luigi; "famous warrior" is the usual gloss.
Luis across traditions
- Frankish and French. Clovis (Chlodovech), king of the Franks around 1,500 years ago, bore the original form; as Louis it became the royal name of France, carried by eighteen kings.
- Catholic. Saint Louis IX of France (1214–1270) is the best-known saint of the name; St. Louis, Missouri, and San Luis in many places are named for him.
Who carried it
- Clovis I (about 466–511): First king to unite the Franks; his name is the oldest form of Luis.
- Louis IX (Saint Louis) (1214–1270): King of France, canonized 1297.
Forms in other languages
Louis (French), Lewis (English), Ludwig (German), Luigi (Italian), Luiz (Portuguese), Lluís (Catalan), Ludovico, Clovis
Luis in letter-number systems
Hebrew, Greek and other traditions gave every letter a number, and read meaning into the totals. These are the counts, computed; the readings are inside the Innerverse.
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