Luís name meaning
Gender: Boy
Origin: Old High German
Usage: Portuguese
Meaning: Loud, Famous, Fight, Battle and War
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What does Luís mean?
Used especially in Portuguese, Luís is originated from Old High German, Luís means "Loud, Famous, Fight, Battle or War" is a boy name.
Variants of Luís
How popular is the name Luís?
Luís is an uncommon baby name in Belgium where it is still in use. However things change on global perspective, Luís is extremely popular in Colombia where every 1 in 40 have the name as well as in, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Spain, Guatemala, Mozambique, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Portugal, Angola, Bolivia and Costa Rica.
Also the baby name is popular in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Philippines, Panama, Puerto Rico, Guinea-Bissau, East Timor, France, Equatorial Guinea, Canada and England. At least, 9530000 people globally have been given the name as per our evaluation.
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Luís in Nordic countries
| Countries | Men | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Name | Secondary Name | First Name | Secondary Name | |
 | 129 | 302 | 0 | 9 |
 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 9 |
 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Parents who liked Luís, loved these names
- Vitória means Victory or The Victor is used mostly in Portuguese has its origin in Latin is given to girls
- Raphaella - Rarefied Raphaella is used predominantly in Portuguese, Raphaella means "God has Healed" is originated from Hebrew is bestowed upon girls
- Horacio - Used notably in Portuguese eminent, Horacio is rooted from Egyptian used as a baby boy name, Horacio means "Egyptian Deity"
- Luiz - Luiz's meaning is War or Fight is used majorly in Portuguese bestowed upon boys is of Germanic and Portuguese origin
- Tayná - Used substantially in Portuguese, Tayná has origin in Tupi, a girl name, Tayná means "Star"
Famous people named Luís
- Luís Cabral, first President of Guinea-Bissau
- Luís Queiró, Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party–People's Party coalition; part of the European People's Party–European Democrats group
- Luís de Sousa, a Portuguese monk and prose-writer
- Luís Seoane, lithographer and artist
- Luís Pires, Portuguese explorer
- Luís de Freitas Branco, Portuguese composer, musicologist
- Luís Filipe Silva, Portuguese writer of science fiction
- Luís Carlos Machado, Brazilian football player who played as striker
- Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior, Brazilian diplomat, poet
- Luís Jesus, Portuguese long-distance runner
- Luís Araújo, former Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Air Force
- Luís da Câmara Cascudo, Brazilian anthropologist, folklorist, journalist
- Luís Cristóvão dos Santos, was born in Pesqueira, Brazil on 25 December 1916
- Luís Lindley Cintra, prominent figure
- Luís Onmura, retired judoka from Brazil
- Luís Miguel Loureiro, Portuguese state television journalist and media researcher at the University of Minho
- Luís Filipe Menezes, Portuguese politician
- Luís Cruls, Belgian-Brazilian astronomer and geodesist
- Luís de Camões, is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet
- Luís Carlos Prestes, lieutenant
- Luís I of Portugal, member of the House of Braganza
- Luís Fróis, Portuguese missionary
- Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, eldest son and heir-apparent of King Carlos I of Portugal
- Luís Boa Morte, Portuguese professional football coach and a former player
- Luís Capoulas Santos, Portuguese politician
- Luís Fabiano, Brazilian professional footballer
- Luís Romano de Madeira Melo, bilingual poet, novelist
- Luís Marques Mendes, Portuguese lawyer and politician
- Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja, He participated in the Conquest of Tunis
- Luís de Velasco, second viceroy of New Spain during the Spanish colonization of the Americas
- Luís Pereira, retired association footballer
- Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, army officer
- Luís Filipe Vieira, Portuguese real estate businessman
- Luís Fernando Veríssimo, Brazilian writer
- Luís Loureiro, Portuguese former footballer
- Luís Vaz Pereira Pinto Guedes, Portuguese soldier, born 1770
- Luís Manuel Ferreira Delgado, retired Angolan professional footballer
- Luís da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque, Portuguese military officer, engineer, poet
- Luís Amado,
- Luís Filipe, retired Portuguese footballer
- Luís Fernando Martinez, Brazilian midfielder
- Luís Calapes, Portuguese footballer
- Luís de Vasconcelos e Sousa, 3rd Count of Castelo Melhor, Portuguese politician and prime minister
- Luís Mesquita de Oliveira, association footballer
- Luís Trochillo, association footballer who played as a striker
- Luís de Sttau Monteiro, Portuguese writer, novelist and playwright
- Luís Rouxinol, top bullfighter
- Luís Lourenço, footballer who plays as a forward
- Luís de Matos, Portuguese magician
- Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos, Portuguese nobleman
- Luís Manuel da Câmara, 3rd Count of Ribeira Grande, member of the Azorean dynastic Gonçalves da Câmara family, he was son of José Rodrigo da Câmara
Lists having Luís
- Boy names beginning with L
- German Boy Names
- Portuguese Boy Names
- Baby Names that mean Loud
- Baby Names that mean Famous
- Baby Names that mean Fight
- Baby Names that mean Battle
- Baby Names that mean War