Luis is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning “loud, famous and battle.” In 2024 it was given to 2,778 boys in the United States.
Luis belongs to the Spanish and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “loud, famous and battle” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Luis first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #49 in 2000, and in 2024 2,778 babies received the name — 290,440 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Luis means “loud, famous and battle” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Luis is a boy name. In 2024, 2,778 babies received the name in the US.
Luis comes from the Spanish, English & American and Portuguese tradition.
Luis first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #49 in 2000, and 2,778 babies were given the name in 2024.
Luis is pronounced /luˈiːs/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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