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1 Etymology  





2 Variant forms  





3 Feminine variants  





4 Arts and entertainment  





5 Politics  





6 Royalty  



6.1  Holy Roman Emperors and Kings of Germany  





6.2  Kings of France  





6.3  Other French royalty  





6.4  Kings of Etruria  





6.5  Kings of Holland  





6.6  Kings of Hungary  





6.7  King of Portugal  





6.8  King of Spain  





6.9  Princes of Monaco  





6.10  Princes of the United Kingdom  





6.11  Dukes and Kings of Bavaria  





6.12  Grand-Duke of Berg  





6.13  Grand-Dukes of Hesse  





6.14  Duke of Savoy  





6.15  Duke of Württemberg  





6.16  Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt  







7 Science and innovation  





8 Sports  





9 Others  





10 Fictional characters  





11 See also  





12 References  














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Louis
Louis XIV, King of France (1643–1715)
Pronunciation/ˈli/ LOO-ee
/ˈlɪs/ LOO-iss
French: [lwi]
GenderMale
Language(s)French and English
Origin
Word/nameFrench
Meaning"Famed warrior" or "loot bringer"
Other names
DerivedLouise
Related namesLouie, Clovis, Lewis, Ludovico, Luigi, Luis, Ludvig, Ludwig, Lodewijk, Lodewyk, Alois
See alsoLothar
Robert, name with a similar meaning

Louis is the French form of the Old Frankish given name Chlodowig and one of two English forms,[1] the other being Lewis (/ˈlɪs/).

Etymology[edit]

The name Louis (through the intermediate form Clovis) derives from the Frankish name ᚺᛚᛟᛞᛟᚹᛁᚷ (inrunic alphabet) or *Hlōdowik or *Hlōdowig (inLatin alphabet). Traditionally, this name is considered to be composed of two elements, deriving from both Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz ("loud, famous") and *wiganą ("to battle, to fight") respectively, resulting in the traditional practice of translating Clovis' name as meaning "famous warrior" or "famous in battle".[2]

However, scholars have pointed out that Gregory of Tours consequently transcribes the names of various Merovingian royal names containing the first element as chlodo-. The use of a close-mid back protruded vowel (o), rather than the expected close back rounded vowel (u) which Gregory does use in various other Germanic names (i.e. Fredegundis, Arnulfus, Gundobadus, etc.) opens up the possibility that the first element instead derives from Proto-Germanic *hlutą ("lot, share, portion"), giving the meaning of the name as "loot bringer" or "plunder (bringing) warrior". This hypothesis is supported by the fact that if the first element is taken to mean "famous", then the name of Chlodomer (one of Clovis' sons) would contain two elements (*hlūdaz and *mērijaz) both meaning "famous", which would be highly uncommon within the typical Germanic name structure.[3][4]

Variant forms[edit]

Feminine variants[edit]

Arts and entertainment[edit]

Politics[edit]

Royalty[edit]

Holy Roman Emperors and Kings of Germany[edit]

Kings of France[edit]

Other French royalty[edit]

Kings of Etruria[edit]

Kings of Holland[edit]

Kings of Hungary[edit]

King of Portugal[edit]

King of Spain[edit]

Princes of Monaco[edit]

Princes of the United Kingdom[edit]

Dukes and Kings of Bavaria[edit]

Grand-Duke of Berg[edit]

Grand-Dukes of Hesse[edit]

Duke of Savoy[edit]

Duke of Württemberg[edit]

Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt[edit]

Science and innovation[edit]

Sports[edit]

Others[edit]

Fictional characters[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Louis". Behind the Name.
  • ^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Ludwig". Behind the Name.
  • ^ Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Bern.
  • ^ Nederlandse Voornamenbank, Lodewijk, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Meertens Institute.
  • ^ M. Petrossian (ed.). New Dictionary Armenian-English. Librairie de Beyrouth.
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