Luis
Meaning of Luis
Luis is a spirited voyager of a name—born from the noble Germanic Ludwig (“famous warrior”), carried across the Pyrenees by medieval troubadours, and today whistling down Latin streets with a salsa beat in its step. Pronounced LOO-ees, it rolls off the tongue like the opening chord of a mariachi song, bright and warm. Picture a tiny newborn Luis: one day he’s chasing fútbol dreams like striker Luis Suárez, the next he’s serenading the world with ballads à la Luis Fonsi, or spinning cinematic tales in the shadow of legendary director Luis Buñuel. The name has long been a quiet crowd-pleaser in the United States—never topping the chart, but, much like a reliable goalkeeper, always holding its place, especially through the 1990s and early 2000s when thousands of parents cheered it onto the field each year. Short, friendly, and effortlessly bilingual, Luis bridges cultures the way a sun-drenched plaza pulls neighbors together at dusk, promising a life story rich with both tradition and adventure.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as LOO-ees (/luːˈis/)
Spanish
- Pronunced as LOO-ees (/lwis/)
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Notable People Named Luis
| Luis Buñuel - Luis Bunuel Portoles was a Spanish Mexican filmmaker whose avant garde, politically charged surrealist films made him one of the most influential figures in cinema. |
| Luis Enrique Martinez Garcia, known as Luis Enrique, is a Spanish football manager and former player who currently coaches Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain. |
| Luis Fortuño - Luis Guillermo Fortuno Burset is a Puerto Rican politician who served as governor of Puerto Rico from 2009 to 2013. |
| Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi is known for soulful dance songs especially the 2017 hit Despacito. |
| Luis Rubiales is a former Spanish defender and former president of Spain's football federation who resigned after the 2023 Women's World Cup awards scandal, was banned from football for three years, and was arrested in 2024 in a corruption probe. |
| Luis Federico Leloir was an Argentine biochemist and physician who won the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for uncovering key pathways of carbohydrate metabolism, advancing understanding and treatment of galactosemia. |
| Luis Alberto Urrea is a Mexican American writer known for poetry, novels, and essays. |
| Luis Barragán - Luis Ramiro Barragan Morfin was a Mexican engineer and architect whose influential designs shaped contemporary architecture and attract scholars worldwide. |
| Luis Miguel Valdez is an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor, a Chicano Movement pioneer and the father of Chicano film and theater, famed for Zoot Suit, La Bamba, and founding El Teatro Campesino. |
| Luis Días - Luis Diaz Portorreal, known as Luis Dias, was a Dominican musician, composer, and popular music performer. |
| Luis Castañeda - Oscar Luis Castaneda Lossio was a Peruvian politician, Mayor of Lima from 2003 to 2010 and again from 2015 to 2018, and a two-time presidential candidate who finished fifth in 2000 and 2011. |
| Luis Raúl - Luis Raul was a Puerto Rican actor, comedian, and TV host known for stand-up and colorful characters, who hosted popular variety and game shows and died in 2014 from kidney failure. |
| Luis Cáncer - Luis Cancer de Barbastro was a Spanish Dominican missionary who used peaceful methods to convert Indigenous peoples, found success in the Caribbean and Guatemala, was killed in Florida in 1549, and is remembered as a martyr. |
| Luis Enrique Mejia Lopez is a Nicaraguan American Grammy-winning salsa singer known as El Principe de la Salsa, with over 20 albums and the Latin Grammy-winning hit Yo No Se Manana. |
| Luis Suárez - Luis Javier Suarez Charris is a Colombian forward for Sporting CP and the Colombia national team. |
