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{{Infobox given name
| name          = Luis
| image         = Luis Guzman at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg
| image_size    = 
| caption       = [[Luis Guzmán]] at the 2009 premiere of [[Whatever Works]].
| pronunciation = {{IPA|es|ˈlwis|lang}}<br/>{{IPA|pt|luˈiʃ, lwiʃ, luˈis, lwis|lang}}
| gender        = Male
| feminine      = [[Luisa]]
| meaning       = Famous warrior
| region        =  
| language      = [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] (Luís), [[Galician language|Galician]]
| origin        = 
| alternative spelling = 
| nickname      = 
| variant forms = Luís, [[Luiz]]
| related names = [[Alois]], [[Clovis (given name)|Clovis]], [[Lewis (given name)|Lewis]], [[Louis (given name)|Louis]], [[Ludovic]], [[Ludovico]], [[Ludvík]], [[Ludwig (given name)|Ludwig]], [[Luigi (given name)|Luigi]], [[Lajos]]
| name day      = 
| petname       = [[Luisito]], [[Luisinho (disambiguation)|Luisinho]], [[Lucho]]
| popularity    = 
| footnotes     = 
| wikt = 
}}
'''Luis''' is a [[given name]]. It is the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] form of the originally [[Germanic language|Germanic]] name {{lang|gem|Hludowig}} or {{lang|gem|Chlodovech}}. Other [[Iberian Romance languages]] have comparable forms: '''{{lang|pt|Luís|italic=no}}''' (with an accent mark on the i) in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] and [[Galician language|Galician]], '''{{lang|ca|Lluís|italic=no}}''' in [[Catalan language|Catalan]] and '''{{lang|an|Loís|italic=no}}''' in [[Aragonese language|Aragonese]], while '''{{lang|pt-BR|Luíz|italic=no}}''' is archaic in Portugal, but common in [[Brazil]].

== Origins ==
The Germanic name {{lang|gem|[[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 language|German]] name [[Ludwig (given name)|Ludwig]] and the Dutch form [[Lodewijk]]. {{lang|es|Luis}} and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the [[French language|French]] name [[Louis (given name)|Louis]], a derivation of the [[Latinisation of names|Latinized]] form [[Clovis (given name)|Clovis]], known from the kings of the Franks. The sanctified French king [[Louis IX of France|Louis IX]] (Saint Louis) contributed much to the popularity of the name.

==Given name==
===Royalty of Portugal===
* [[Luís I of Portugal]] (1838–1889), Portuguese king
* Infante Luís (1340-1340), first son of King [[Pedro I of Portugal]]
* [[Prince Luís, Duke of Beja]] (1506–1555)
* [[Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal]] (1887–1908)

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===Sports===
* [[Luis Alberto González]], Colombian cyclist (1965)
* [[Luis Alberto Pérez]], Nicaraguan boxer (1978)
* [[Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda]], Cuban runner (1969)
* [[Luis Amaranto Perea]], Colombian football player (1979)
* [[Luis Antonio Jiménez]], Chilean footballer (1984)
* [[Luis Aragonés]], Spanish football player and manager (1938-2014)
* [[Luis Arráez]], Venezuelan baseball player (1997)
* [[Luis Ayala (tennis)|Luis Alberto Ayala]], Chilean tennis player (1932–2024)
* [[Luis Ayala (baseball)|Luis Ignacio Ayala]], Mexican baseball pitcher (1978)
* [[Luis Báez]], Dominican baseball player (2004)
* [[Luis Barrera]], Dominican baseball player (1995)
* [[Luis Barrios]], Peruvian basketball player (1990)
* [[Luis Caballero (footballer)|Luis Caballero]], Paraguayan footballer (1962-2005)
* [[Luis Campusano]], American baseball player (1998)
* [[Lluís Carreras]], Spanish footballer (1972)
* [[Luis Castillo (second baseman)|Luis Antonio Castillo]], Dominican baseball player (1975)
* [[Luis Castillo (American football)|Luis Alberto Castillo]], Dominican-American football player (1983)
* [[Luis Castillo (pitcher, born 1995)|Luis Felipe Castillo]], Dominican baseball player (1995)
* [[Luis Castillo (pitcher, born 1992)|Luis Miguel Castillo]], Dominican baseball player (1992)
* [[Luis Cessa]], Mexican baseball player (1992)
* [[Luis Cristaldo]], Bolivian footballer
* [[Luis Daniel Cupla]], Urguayan footballer
* [[Luis Díaz (volleyball)|Luis Díaz]], Venezuelan volleyball player
* [[Luís Dutra Jr.]], Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter
* [[Luis Enrique (footballer)|Luis Enrique]], Spanish football player and manager
* [[Luis Ernesto José]], Dominican boxer
* [[Luis Ernesto Michel]], Mexican football goalkeeper
* [[Luís Fabiano]], Brazilian football player
* [[Luis Fernando Suárez]], Colombian football player and manager
* [[Luís Figo]], Portuguese football player
* [[Luis Frías (baseball)|Luis Frías]], Dominican baseball player
* [[Luis García (pitcher, born 1987)|Luis Amado García]], Dominican baseball player (1987)
* [[Luis García (pitcher, born 1996)|Luis Heibardo García]], Venezuelan baseball player (1996)
* [[Luis Henrique (footballer, born 2001)|Luis Henrique]], Brazilian football player (2001)
* [[Luis García (infielder, born 2000)|Luis Victoriano García]], Dominican-American baseball player (2000)
* [[Luis García Sanz]], Spanish football player
* [[Luis Galván]], Argentine football player
* [[Luis Gil (baseball)|Luis Ángel Gil]], Dominican baseball player
* [[Luis Gil (soccer)|Luis Miguel Gil]], American soccer player
* [[Luis Gonzalez (outfielder, born 1967)|Luis Emilio Gonzalez]], Cuban-American baseball player
* [[Luis González (outfielder, born 1995)|Luis Fernando González]], Mexican baseball player
* [[Luis Guillorme]], Venezuelan baseball player
* [[Luis Hasa]], Italian football player
* [[Luis Liberato]], Dominican baseball player
* [[Luis Manuel Rodríguez]], Cuban boxer
* [[Luis Marín Murillo|Luis Marín]], Costa Rican football player
* [[Luís Martins (footballer, born 1992)|Luís Martins]], Portuguese football player
* [[Luis Matos (baseball, born 2002)|Luis Matos]] (born 2002), Venezuelan baseball outfielder
* [[Luis Medina (pitcher)|Luis Ángel Medina]], Dominican baseball player
* [[Luis Medina (designated hitter)|Luis Main Medina]], American baseball player
* [[Luis Monti]], Italian and Argentine football player and manager
* [[Luís Novo]], Portuguese long-distance runner
* [[Luis Olmo]], Puerto Rican baseball player
* [[Luis Onmura]], Brazilian judoka
* [[Luis Ortiz (third baseman)|Luis Alberto Ortiz]], Dominican baseball player and coach
* [[Luis Ortiz (pitcher, born 1995)|Luis Francisco Ortiz]], American baseball player
* [[Luis Ortiz (pitcher, born 1999)|Luis Leandro Ortiz]], Dominican baseball player
* [[Luis Ortiz (Puerto Rican boxer)|Luis Ortiz Flores]], Puerto Rican boxer
* [[Luis Palau]], Argentine-American televangelist
* [[Luis Palomino]], Peruvian mixed martial arts fighter
* [[Luis Patiño (baseball)|Luis Patiño]], Colombian baseball player
* [[Luis Patiño (tennis)]], Mexican tennis player
* [[Luis Perdomo (baseball, born 1993)|Luis David Perdomo]], Dominican baseball player
* [[Luis Perdomo (baseball, born 1984)|Luis M. Perdomo]], Dominican baseball player
* [[Luis Perez (American football)|Luis Perez]], American football player
* [[Luis Pizarro (boxer)|Luis Pizarro]], Puerto Rican boxer
* [[Luis Rengifo]], Venezuelan baseball player
* [[Luis Rivera (infielder)]], Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
* [[Luis Robert]], Cuban baseball player
* [[Luis Rodríguez (baseball)|Luis Orlando Rodríguez]], Venezuelan baseball player
* [[Luis Rodríguez (volleyball)|Luis Rodríguez]], Puerto Rican volleyball player Luis Rodríguez
* [[Luis Rojas (baseball)]], Dominican baseball player and coach
* [[Luis Salvadores Salvi]], Chilean basketball player
* [[Luis Salom]] (1991–2016), Spanish Grand prix motorcycle racer
* [[Luis Santos (baseball)]], Dominican baseball pitcher
* [[Luís Santos (water polo)]], Brazilian water polo goalkeeper
* [[Luis Severino]], Dominican baseball player
* [[Luis Sinclair]], Panamanian basketball player 
* [[Luis Soares]], Portuguese-French long-distance runner
* [[Luis Somoza Debayle]], former president of Nicaragua
* [[Luis Suárez]], Uruguayan footballer (1987)
* [[Luis Suárez Miramontes]], Spanish football player and manager
* [[Luis Terrero]], Dominican baseball player
* [[Luis Tiant]], Cuban-American baseball player
* [[Luis Torrens]], Venezuelan baseball player
* [[Luis Urías]], Mexican baseball player
* [[Luis Urueta]], Colombian baseball coach
* [[Luis Vasquez (American football)|Luis Vasquez]], American football player
* [[Luis Villar]], Argentine basketball player
* [[Luis Villarroel]], Venezuelan diver
* [[Luis Vizcaíno]], Dominican baseball player

===Arts and entertainment===
* [[Luis Antonio Ramos]], Puerto Rican actor
* [[Luis Antonio Rivera]], Puerto Rican television host
* [[Luis Bezeta]], Spanish visual artist and filmmaker
* [[Luis Buñuel]], Spanish film director
* [[Lluís Claret]], Andorran cellist
* [[Luis Enrique (singer)|Luis Enrique]], Nicaraguan singer
* [[Little Louie Vega|Luis Fernando Vager]], Puerto Rican musician and producer
* [[Luis Fonsi]], Puerto Rican singer
* [[Luis Gatica]], Mexican-Chilean-Puerto Rican actor and singer
* [[Luis Guzmán]], Puerto Rican actor
* [[Luis Roberto Guzmán]], Puerto Rican actor
* [[Lluís Llach]], Catalan composer
* [[Luis Manzano]], Filipino actor and television host
* [[Luis Egidio Meléndez]], Spanish painter
* [[Luis Miguel]], Mexican singer
* [[Luis Oquendo]], Cuban actor
* [[Luis "Perico" Ortiz]], Puerto Rican musician
* [[Luis Rego]], Portuguese actor and musician
* [[Luis Sanguino]], Spanish sculptor
* [[Luis Segura]], Dominican singer
* [[Luis Vargas (musician)|Luis Vargas]], Dominican singer
* [[Luisito Vigoreaux|Luis Vigoreaux Lorenzana]], Puerto Rican television host
* [[Luis Vigoreaux|Luis Vigoreaux Rivera]], Puerto Rican television host
* Luis Ferdinand Vega, known as [[Little Louie Vega]], American DJ, record producer and Grammy Award winner remixer of Puerto Rican ancestry

===Politicians and government officials===
* [[Luis Alberto de Herrera]], Uruguayan politician
* [[Luis E. Arreaga]], Guatemalan-American diplomat
* [[Luis Arce]], Bolivian politician and current president of Bolivia
* [[Luis Ortega Álvarez]], Spanish judge
* [[Luis Carrillo]], Spanish colonial administrator
* [[Luis Motta Domínguez]], Venezuelan politician and military officer
* [[Luis Alberto Lacalle]], former president of Uruguay
* [[Luis Ángel González Macchi]], former president of Paraguay
* [[Lluís Companys|Lluís Companys i Jover]], Catalan politician
* [[Luis Batlle Berres|Luis Conrado Batlle y Berres]], former president of Uruguay
* [[Luis María Argaña|Luis María del Corazón de Jesús Dionisio Argaña Ferraro]], Paraguayan politician
* [[Luis R. Esteves]], Major General, Puerto Rican-American military leader
* [[Luis A. Ferré|Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo]], former Governor of Puerto Rico (1969–1973)
* [[Luis Fortuño]], Governor of Puerto Rico (2009–2013)
* [[Luis Guinot]], Puerto Rican-American diplomat
* [[Luis Gutiérrez]], Puerto Rican-American political leader
* [[Luis Mangalus Taruc]], Filipino politician
* [[Luis Mena (Nicaraguan politician)|Luis Mena]], president of Nicaragua
* [[Luis Muñoz Marín]], first democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico
* [[Luis Muñoz de Guzmán]], a Spanish colonial administrator
* [[Luis Enrique Oberto]] (1928–2022), Venezuelan politician
* [[Luis Redondo]], Honduran politician and engineer, deputy and president of the National Congress of Honduras
* [[Luis Muñoz Rivera]], Puerto Rican politician and father of Luis Muñoz Marín
* [[Luis Rodríguez de Miguel]] (1910–1982), Spanish politician and jurist
* [[Luis D. Rovira]] (1923–2011), associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court

===Writer===
* [[Luís de Camões]], Portuguese poet
* [[Luis Lloréns Torres]], Puerto Rican playwright and poet
* [[Luis López Nieves]], Puerto Rican writer
* [[Luis Palés Matos]], Puerto Rican author
* [[Luis Rafael Sánchez]], Puerto Rican playwright

===Other===
* [[Luis F. Alvarez]], Spanish-American physician (grandfather of Luis W. Alvarez)
* [[Luis Walter Alvarez|Luis W. Álvarez]], Spanish-American physicist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physics
* [[Luis Aponte Martínez]], Puerto Rican religious leader
* [[Luis de Moscoso Alvarado]], Spanish explorer and conquistador
* [[Lluís Domènech i Montaner]], Catalan architect
* [[Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, 9th Count of Alba de Liste]], Spanish nobleman
* [[Luis Jacob]], Peruvian-Canadian visual artists and photographer
* [[Luis Garavito]], prolific Colombian serial killer and rapist
* [[Luis González Vale]], Puerto Rican historian
* [[Luis Lliboutry]], French-Chilean glaciologist
* [[Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald]], fictional character on NBC's daytime drama ''Passions''
* [[Luis Marden]], American photographer
* [[Luis Marileo Colipí]], Mapuche chief
* [[Luis Miranda Casañas]], Puerto Rican businessman
* [[Luis M. Rocha]], American-Portuguese professor and scientist
* [[Luis Née]], explorer, botanist, discovered Coast Live Oak in California
* [[Luis Padial]], Puerto Rican military leader
* [[Luis Parada (lawyer)|Luis Parada]], Salvadoran lawyer
* Luis Portillo, Mexican airline pilot
* [[Luis Posada Carriles]], Cuban militant
* [[Luis Rodríguez Zúñiga]] (1942–1991), Spanish sociologist
* [[Luis Sera]], a character in ''Resident Evil 4''
* [[Luis Scott-Vargas]], American ''Magic: the Gathering'' player
* [[Luis Antonio Tagle]], Filipino cardinal and current prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

; Middle name
* [[José 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)]]
* [[Louis (given name)]]
* [[Lucho]]
* [[Luiz (given name)]]

==References==
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{{given name|Luis}}

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