Luis

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Gender Male Variant form(s) Luís, Luiz		Meaning Famous warrior
Pronunciation Spanish: [ˈlwis]Portuguese: [ˈlwis] or [ˈlwiʃ] Language(s) Spanish, Portuguese (Luís), Galician Related names Louis, Lewis, Ludwig, Ludovic, Clovis, Alois

Luis (and its variant forms) is the Spanish, Portuguese (Luís), Galician, Aragonese form of the Germanic given name Hludowig and Chlodovech (modern German Ludwig). The Germanic name is composed of the words for "fame" (hlūd) and "warrior" (wīg) which may be translated to famous warrior or "famous in battle".

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)

Sports

Luis Alberto González, Colombian cyclist

Luis Alberto Pérez, Nicaraguan boxer

Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, Cuban runner

Luis Suárez, Uruguayan football player

Luis Amaranto Perea, Colombian football player

Luiz Antonio dos Santos, Brazilian long-distance runner

Luis Antonio Jiménez, Chilean football player

Luis Aragonés, Spanish football player and manager

Luiz Azeredo, Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter

Luis Barrios, Peruvian basketball player

Luis Caballero, Paraguayan football player

Lluís Carreras, Spanish football player

Luis Antonio Castillo, Dominican baseball player

Luis Alberto Castillo, Dominican-American football player

Luis Cristaldo, Bolivian football player

Luis de Milán, Spanish composer

Luis Díaz, Venezuelan volleyball player

Luís Dutra Jr., Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter

Luis Enrique Martínez García, 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

Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian football player and manager

Luis García Sanz, Spanish football player

Luis Galván, Argentine football player

Luis Gonzalez, Cuban-American baseball player

Luiz Gustavo, Brazilian football player

Luis Manuel Rodríguez, Cuban boxer

Luis Marín, Costa Rican football player

Luís Martins, Portuguese football 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, Puerto Rican boxer

Luis Palomino, Peruvian mixed martial arts fighter

Luis Pizarro, Puerto Rican boxer

Luis Orlando Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player

Luis Rodríguez, Puerto Rican volleyball player Luis Rodríguez

Luis Salvadores Salvi, Chilean basketball player

Luis Salom, (1991 – 2016)Spanish Grand prix motorcycle racer

Luís Santos (water polo), Brazilian water polo goalkeeper

Luis Soares, Portuguese-French long-distance runner

Luis Somoza Debayle, former president of Nicaragua

Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish football player and manager

Luis Terrero, Dominican baseball player

Luis Tiant, Cuban-American baseball player

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 Buñuel, Spanish film director

Lluís Claret, Andorran cellist

Luiz Ejlli, Albanian singer

Luis Enrique, Nicaraguan singer

Luis Fernando Vager, Puerto Rican musician and producer

Luis Fonsi, Puerto Rican singer

Luis Gatica, Mexican-Chilean-Puerto Rican actor and singer

Luiz Gonzaga, Brazilian singer

Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican actor

Luis Roberto Guzmán, Puerto Rican actor

Lluís Llach, Catalan composer

Luis Miguel, Mexican singer

Luis Oquendo, Cuban actor

Luis "Perico" Ortiz, Puerto Rican musician

Luis Segura, Dominican singer

Luis Vargas, Dominican singer

Luis Vigoreaux Lorenzana, Puerto Rican television host

Luis Vigoreaux Rivera, Puerto Rican television host

Politicians

Luis Alberto de Herrera, Uruguayan politician

Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo, former Governor of Puerto Rico (1969–1973)

Luis Alberto Lacalle, former president of Uruguay

Luis Ángel González Macchi, former president of Paraguay

Lluís Companys i Jover, Catalan politician

Luis Conrado Batlle y Berres, former president of Uruguay

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010

Luis María del Corazón de Jesús Dionisio Argaña Ferraro, Paraguayan politician

Luis R. Esteves, Major General, Puerto Rican-American military leader

Luis Fortuño, Governor of Puerto Rico (2009–present)

Luis Gutiérrez, Puerto Rican-American political leader

Luis Mangalus Taruc, Filipino politician

Luis Muñoz Marín, first democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico

Luis Muñoz Rivera, Puerto Rican politician and father of Luis Muñoz Marín

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

Other

Luis F. Alvarez, Spanish-American physician (grandfather of Luis W. Alvarez)

Luis W. Álvarez, Spanish-American physicist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physics

Luis Aponte Martínez, Puerto Rican religious leader

Luis E. Arreaga, Guatemalan-American diplomat

Luis Carrillo, Spanish colonial administrator

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 Muñoz de Guzmán, a Spanish colonial administrator

Luis González Vale, Puerto Rican historian

Luis Guinot, Puerto Rican-American diplomat

Luiz Gushiken, Brazilian communications minister

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

Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza, claimant to the defunct Brazilian throne

Luis Ortega Álvarez, Spanish judge

Luis Padial, Puerto Rican military leader

Luis Posada Carriles, Cuban militant

Luis Rafael Sánchez, Puerto Rican playwright

Luis Sera, a character in Resident Evil 4

Luis Scott-Vargas, American Magic: the Gathering player

Luis Antonio Tagle, Filipino cardinal

References

Luis Wikipedia

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