Luis

“Variant of Louis — Famous in battle” — Frankish via French origin

Boy's name · #144 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Luis's best rank, #49, came in 2000; it has settled back to #144 today. Roughly 293,000 boys have been named Luis since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Around the world: #26 in Austria (2025) · #36 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #52 in Spain (2024) · #84 in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 42 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Luises

Luís de Camões — 16th-century Portuguese poet
Luis Suárez — Uruguayan association football player
Luis Buñuel — Spanish-Mexican filmmaker (1900–1983)
Luis Walter Alvarez — American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor (1911–1988)
Luís Figo — Portuguese football player (born 1972)

In stories & tradition

Luis Fernando Lopez — Grand Theft Auto HD universe
Luis Sera — Resident Evil 4
Luis Gallego — Prison Break

What Luises become

Among 10,048 notable people named Luis:

Military figures appear 1.51× more often than among typical names — e.g. Luis Alejandro Berthier, Marshal and Vice-Constable of France (1753-1815).

Similar names: Louis · Carlos · Luke · Jesus · Andres · Miguel

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