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Luis

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.

Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a derivation of the Latinized form Clovis, known from the kings of the Franks. The sanctified French king Louis IX (Saint Louis) contributed much to the popularity of the name.

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