Gender:
Origin:
German
7071 famous people named Louis found on Wikipedia.
396320 male, 2820 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
263-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
18-th in year 1882
Used in: Dutch, English, French
A male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “loud battle.”.
Louis (French pronunciation: [lwi]) is the French form of the Old Frankish given name Chlodowig (Modern German: Ludwig) and one of two English forms, the other being Lewis. The Frankish name is composed of the words for "fame" (hlōd) and "warrior" (wīg) which may be translated to famous warrior or "famous in battle".
Masc. proper name, from French Louis, from Old French Loois, probably via Medieval Latin Ludovicus, a Latinization of Old High German Hluodowig, literally "famous in war" (cognate with Clovis; for etymology see Ludwig). As the name of a French gold coin 17c.-18c., short for Louis d'or, from the French kings of that name (originally Louis XIII) pictured on the coins. Louis-Quatorze (1855) refers to styles reminiscent of the time of King Louis XIV of France (1643-1715).
Latinized form of Ludwig: combine of hlud (famous) and wig (war, battle).
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louis XIV of France | 1638 | King of France and Navarra, from 1643 to 1715 |
| 2 | Louis C.K. | 1967 | American comedian and actor |
| 3 | Louis Tomlinson | 1991 | English pop singer |
| 4 | Louis XVI of France | 1754 | King of France and Navarre |
| 5 | Louis Armstrong | 1901 | American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer |
| 6 | Louis Zamperini | 1917 | Italian-American middle distance runner |
| 7 | Lord Mountbatten | 1900 | British statesman and naval officer |
| 8 | Louis Theroux | 1970 | English journalist and broadcaster |
| 9 | Louis Farrakhan | 1933 | Leader of the Nation of Islam |
| 10 | Louis Pasteur | 1822 | French chemist and microbiologist |
| 11 | Louis van Gaal | 1951 | Dutch footballer |
| 12 | Louis XV of France | 1710 | Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre 1715-1774 |
| 13 | Joe Louis | 1914 | American boxer |
| 14 | Louis XIII of France | 1601 | King of France and Navarra 1610-1643 |
| 15 | Louis Walsh | 1952 | Irish manager in the music industry |
| 16 | Louis Philippe I | 1773 | King of the French |
| 17 | Louis XVIII of France | 1755 | Bourbon King of France and of Navarre |
| 18 | Louis XVII of France | 1785 | |
| 19 | Louis Prima | 1910 | Sicilian American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter |
| 20 | Louis IX of France | 1214 | King of France |
| 21 | Louis Riel | 1844 | Canadian politician |
| 22 | Louis the Pious | 0778 | King of Aquitaine |
| 23 | Louis XII of France | 1462 | King of France |
| 24 | Louis Saha | 1978 | French footballer |
| 25 | Louis Slotin | 1910 | Canadian physicist and chemist |
| 26 | Louis Braille | 1809 | Inventor of braille, a system of reading and writing used by people who are blind or visually impaired |
| 27 | Louis Jourdan | 1921 | Actor from France |
| 28 | Louis Smith | 1989 | British gymnast |
| 29 | Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou | 1974 | Spanish noble |
| 30 | Louis Brandeis | 1856 | American Supreme Court Justice |
| 31 | Louis B. Mayer | 1884 | Film producer |
| 32 | Louis de Funès | 1914 | French actor and comedian |
| 33 | Louis Malle | 1932 | French film director, screenwriter, and producer |
| 34 | Louis XI of France | 1423 | King |
| 35 | Louis Kahn | 1901 | American architect (1901-1974) |
| 36 | Louis Koo | 1970 | Hong Kong actor |
| 37 | Louis Oosthuizen | 1982 | Professional golfer |
| 38 | Louis Cyr | 1863 | Canadian strength athlete |
| 39 | Louis Althusser | 1918 | French political philosopher |
| 40 | Louis de Broglie | 1892 | French physicist |
| 41 | Louis L'Amour | 1908 | Novelist, short story writer |
| 42 | Louis Garrel | 1983 | French actor |
| 43 | Louis VII of France | 1120 | King of France |
| 44 | Martin St. Louis | 1975 | Canadian ice hockey player |
| 45 | Louis Gossett | 1936 | American actor |
| 46 | Louis Sullivan | 1856 | American architect |
| 47 | Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France | 1781 | Prince of France |
| 48 | Louis VIII of France | 1187 | King of French |
| 49 | Louis Daguerre | 1787 | French photographer, artist and chemist and inventor |
| 50 | Louis Mandylor | 1966 | Australian soccer player |
| 51 | Louis Vuitton | 1821 | French fashion designer and businessman |
| 52 | Louis Smolka | 1991 | American martial artist |
| 53 | Louis Comfort Tiffany | 1848 | American stained glass and jewelry designer |
| 54 | Louis Aliot | 1969 | French politician |
| 55 | Louis Le Prince | 1841 | Cinema pioneer |
| 56 | Louis Freeh | 1950 | American judge |
| 57 | Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia | 1907 | Prince of Prussia |
| 58 | Louis Chevrolet | 1878 | Motor company founder and racecar driver |
| 59 | Louis Sachar | 1954 | American writer of children's books |
| 60 | Louis Jordan | 1908 | American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader |
| 61 | Louis Riddick | 1969 | Player of American football |
| 62 | Louis Cole | 1983 | British film-maker and YouTube personality |
| 63 | Louis Leakey | 1903 | British archaeologist and naturalist whose work was important in establishing human evolutionary development in Africa |
| 64 | Louis Leterrier | 1973 | French film director |
| 65 | Louis Buchalter | 1897 | American mobster |
| 66 | Louis VI of France | 1081 | King of France |
| 67 | Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans | 1747 | French duke |
| 68 | Louis Wain | 1860 | English artist |
| 69 | Louis de Pointe du Lac | ||
| 70 | Louis St. Laurent | 1882 | 12th Prime Minister of Canada |
| 71 | Louis Conradt | 1950 | American lawyer |
| 72 | Louis Bonaparte | 1778 | King of Holland, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, member of the House of Buonaparte |
| 73 | Louis Antoine de Saint-Just | 1767 | Military and political leader |
| 74 | Louis Ferreira | 1966 | Portuguese-Canadian actor |
| 75 | Louis Agassiz | 1807 | Swiss naturalist |
| 76 | Louis X of France | 1289 | King of France and of Navarre |
| 77 | Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp | 1994 | Son of Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer |
| 78 | Louis Fan | 1973 | Hong Kong actor |
| 79 | Louis Till | 1922 | American soldier, accused of raping and murdering Italian Women |
| 80 | Louis Ducruet | 1992 | Monegasque royal |
| 81 | Louis Johnson | 1955 | American musician |
| 82 | Louis the German | 0806 | Frankish king |
| 83 | Louis I of Hungary | 1326 | King of Hungary and Croatia |
| 84 | Louis IV of France | 0920 | King of Western Francia |
| 85 | Louis Calhern | 1895 | American stage and screen actor |
| 86 | Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême | 1775 | Dauphin of France |
| 87 | Louis Bacon | 1956 | American hedge fund manager |
| 88 | Louis Held | 1996 | German actor |
| 89 | Louis II, Prince of Monaco | 1870 | Prince of Monaco |
| 90 | Louis Earl Goodman | 1892 | United States federal judge |
| 91 | Louis Van Amstel | 1972 | Ballroom dance champion and choreographer. |
| 92 | Louis Herthum | 1956 | American actor and producer |
| 93 | Louis the Stammerer | 0846 | King of Burgundy |
| 94 | Louis Cheung | 1979 | Hong Kong singer and actor |
| 95 | Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse | 1837 | German noble |
| 96 | Louis Mustillo | 1958 | American actor |
| 97 | Louis Zorich | 1924 | American actor |
| 98 | Louis Ozawa Changchien | 1975 | American actor |
| 99 | Louis of Valois | 1549 | French prince |
| 100 | Louis Hayward | 1909 | British actor born in South Africa |
| 101 | Louis Botha | 1862 | South African politician |
| 102 | Louis Bodin | 1957 | French meteorologist |
| 103 | Louis Blériot | 1872 | French aviator, inventor and engineer |
| 104 | Marcus Louis | 1991 | |
| 105 | Louis Nix III | 1991 | American football player |
| 106 | Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor | 1282 | Holy Roman Emperor |
| 107 | Louis Vasquez | 1987 | Player of American football |
| 108 | Harry Louis | 1987 | |
| 109 | Louis Ferrante | 1969 | American mobster |
| 110 | Louis Emerick | 1960 | British actor |
| 111 | Louis Stokes | 1925 | American politician |
| 112 | Louis V of France | 0967 | King of France |
| 113 | Louis de Montfort | 1673 | French Roman Catholic priest and confessor |
| 114 | Louis I of Spain | 1707 | King of Spain |
| 115 | Louis Chiron | 1899 | Racecar driver |
| 116 | Louis Jolliet | 1645 | Canadian explorer |
| 117 | Louis de Bernières | 1954 | English novelist |
| 118 | Louis Aragon | 1897 | French poet, novelist and editor |
| 119 | Spyridon Louis | 1873 | Greek athlete |
| 120 | Louis Picamoles | 1986 | French rugby union player |
| 121 | Louis Dega | 1890 | Prisoner in French Guiana |
| 122 | Jean Louis | 1907 | French costume designer |
| 123 | Louis Nye | 1913 | American actor |
| 124 | Louis Fratto | 1907 | American mobster |
| 125 | Louis II of Hungary | 1506 | King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia |
| 126 | Louis Moult | 1992 | Footballer |
| 127 | Louis MacNeice | 1907 | Poet |
| 128 | Louis Hunter | 1992 | Australian actor |
| 129 | Louis II of Italy | 0825 | Holy Roman Emperor |
| 130 | Louis the Child | 0893 | King of East Francia and Lotharingia |
| 131 | Louis Moreau Gottschalk | 1829 | American musician |
| 132 | Louis V. Gerstner | 1942 | American businessman |
| 133 | Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien | 1772 | French aristocrat |
| 134 | Louis Spohr | 1784 | German composer, violinist and conductor |
| 135 | Louis Bachelier | 1870 | Mathematician |
| 136 | Louis-Antoine de Bougainville | 1729 | French admiral and explorer |
| 137 | Louis Blanc | 1811 | French politician and historian |
| 138 | Louis Delort | 1993 | French singer |
| 139 | Louis Lombardi | 1968 | American actor |
| 140 | Séraphine Louis | 1865 | French naive-style painter |
| 141 | Louis Roederer | 1809 | Wine merchant |
| 142 | Louis Leon Thurstone | 1887 | American psychologist & scholar |
| 143 | Louis Rukeyser | 1933 | American journalist |
| 144 | Louis de Buade de Frontenac | 1622 | Governor of New France |
| 145 | Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine | 1670 | French noble |
| 146 | Louis I, Duke of Orléans | 1372 | French noble |
| 147 | Louis Adlon | 1874 | German hotel manager |
| 148 | Louis Capone | 1896 | American mobster |
| 149 | Louis Sockalexis | 1871 | American baseball outfielder |
| 150 | Louis Bromfield | 1896 | American author and conservationist |
| 151 | Louis Réard | 1897 | French fashion designer |
| 152 | Louis Auguste Blanqui | 1805 | French socialist and political activist |
| 153 | Louis Hendrik Potgieter | 1951 | South African singer and ballet dancer |
| 154 | Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans | 1725 | French duke |
| 155 | Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse | 1777 | Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine |
| 156 | Louis Bertignac | 1954 | French guitarist, singer and songwriter |
| 157 | Louis Kuehnle | 1857 | American business entrepreneur and politician |
| 158 | Louis Ignarro | 1941 | American physiologist |
| 159 | Louis A. Johnson | 1891 | Politician |
| 160 | Louis Renault | 1877 | French industrialist |
| 161 | Louis Chauvin | 1881 | American ragtime pianist |
| 162 | Louis T. Leonowens | 1856 | Son of Anna Leonowens |
| 163 | Louis Nicollin | 1943 | French businessman and football chairman |
| 164 | Louis Meintjes | 1992 | South African cyclist |
| 165 | Louis Delmas | 1987 | American Football safety for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League |
| 166 | Louis Klamroth | 1989 | German actor |
| 167 | Louis Washkansky | 1913 | Recipient of the first human heart transplant |
| 168 | Louis Andriessen | 1939 | Dutch composer and pianist |
| 169 | Louis Murphy | 1987 | American football player, wide receiver |
| 170 | Louis Gaudinot | 1984 | American martial artist |
| 171 | Louis Untermeyer | 1885 | American poet |
| 172 | Morris Louis | 1912 | American painter |
| 173 | Louis Laforge | 1968 | French journalist |
| 174 | Louis Vivet | One of the first mental health patients to be diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder | |
| 175 | Louis Vierne | 1870 | French organist and composer |
| 176 | Louis Nirenberg | 1925 | Canadian mathematician |
| 177 | Louis Jouvet | 1887 | French actor |
| 178 | Louis Waldon | 1934 | American film actor |
| 179 | Édouard Louis | 1992 | French writer |
| 180 | Louis Thompson | 1994 | Footballer |
| 181 | Louis Edmonds | 1923 | American actor |
| 182 | Louis Facciolo | 1941 | American mbster |
| 183 | Louis Howe | 1871 | American journalist |
| 184 | Louis III of France | 0863 | King of France |
| 185 | Louis I, Duke of Bourbon | 1279 | Duke of Bourbon |
| 186 | Louis Dunbar | 1953 | American basketball player-coach |
| 187 | Louis Consalvo | 1958 | American mobster |
| 188 | Louis Price | 1953 | American musician |
| 189 | Louis Le Vau | 1612 | French architect |
| 190 | Louis Wolheim | 1880 | American character actor |
| 191 | Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon | 1675 | French writer |
| 192 | Jefferson Louis | 1979 | Footballer |
| 193 | Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé | 1736 | French noble |
| 194 | Louis Desaix | 1768 | French general |
| 195 | Louis Cartier | 1875 | Jeweller |
| 196 | Louis Marino | 1932 | American mobster |
| 197 | Louis Hennepin | 1626 | French explorer and missionary |
| 198 | Louis Gabriel Ambroise de Bonald | 1754 | French philosopher |
| 199 | Louis the Blind | 0880 | Frankish king; "Holy Roman Emperor" |
| 200 | Louis Morissette | 1973 | Canadian actor and screenwriter |