Luis
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Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or , which were introduced to the Iberian Peninsula during its occupation by the Visigoths. Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: ' (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Catalan and in Aragonese, while ' is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil.
Key facts
- Given name.name
- Luis
- Given name.image
- Luis Guzman at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg
- Given name.caption
- Luis Guzmán at the 2009 premiere of Whatever Works.
- Given name.gender
- Male
- Given name.feminine
- Luisa
- Given name.meaning
- Famous warrior
- Given name.language
- Spanish, Portuguese (Luís), Galician
- Given name.variant forms
- Luís, Luiz
- Given name.related names
- Alois, Clovis, Lewis, Louis, Ludovic, Ludovico, Ludvík, Ludwig, Luigi, Lajos
- Given name.petname
- Luisito, Luisinho, Lucho
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- Commons category
- Luis (given name)
- native label
- Luis
- Soundex
- L200
- Cologne phonetics
- 58
- Caverphone
- LS1111
- nickname
- Luisito
- P8168
- Barsac
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Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or , which were introduced to the Iberian Peninsula during its occupation by the Visigoths. Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: ' (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Catalan and in Aragonese, while ' is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil.
== Origins == The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to famous warrior or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.