Luis: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced loo-EES · 2 syllables

Luis means “famous warrior”, from Spanish and Germanic.

Borrowed from Spanish Luis and Portuguese Luis. Doublet of Louis and Luigi.

How popular is Luis?

Luis was the #144 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,482 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 34% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Babies named Luis in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2000).

Half of US adults named Luis are older than 33; most are between 19 and 66. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Luis have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Luis means “famous warrior”. It comes from Spanish and Germanic.

Luis is pronounced loo-EES.

Luis was the #144 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,482 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 34% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Half of US adults named Luis are older than 33. Most are between 19 and 66.