Luis

Luis is the Spanish form of the male given name Ludwig . As a Germanized form of the French Louis it also occurs in the German-speaking area, as well as a short form for Alois . For the Portuguese form of the name, see Luís ; the Catalan form is Lluís .

Origin and meaning

The name Ludwig was formed from the Old High German words hlut for "loud, famous" and wig for "wrestle" or "fight".

In the southern German (Bavarian) language area, Luis is mainly used as a short form for Alois; see e.g. B. Luis Trenker and Luis Durnwalder .

Name bearer

First name

• Luis Abram (* 1996), Peruvian soccer player
• Luis Aragonés (1938-2014), Spanish football player and coach
• Luis Arenal Bastar (1908 / 09–1985), Mexican artist
• Luis Arráez (born 1997), Venezuelan baseball player
• Luis Arroyo (1915–1956), Spanish actor and director
• Luis Eduardo Aute (1943–2020), Spanish poet, singer and composer
• Luis Mena Arroyo (1920–2009), Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church and Auxiliary Bishop in Mexico City
• Luis Calderón Vega (1911–1989), Mexican politician and author
• Luis Chico Goerne (1892–1960), Mexican lawyer and rector of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
• Luis Durnwalder (* 1941), Italian politician and governor of South Tyrol
• Luis Emilio Mena (1895–1964), Dominican composer and musician
• Luis Fernandez-Gil (* 19 ??), Spanish actor
• Luis Fernando Borja Aristizábal (* 19 ??), Colombian officer
• Luis Foege (* 2001), German handball player
• Luis Garrido Díaz (1898–1973), Mexican lawyer and philosopher and Rector of UNAM
• Luis Goytisolo (* 1935), Spanish writer
• Luis Lamprecht (* 1946), German actor
• Luis Lemus (pool player) (* 1987), Guatemalan pool player
• Luis de Milán (1500–1561), Spanish composer
• Luis Milla (* 1966), Spanish soccer player and coach
• Luis Nishizawa (1918–2014), Mexican artist
• Luis Ortiz Monasterio (1906–1990), Mexican sculptor
• Luis Resto (* 1955), American boxer
• Luis Resto (* 1961), American musician
• Luis Miguel Sánchez , Venezuelan pool player
• Luis Manuel Seijas (* 1986), Venezuelan football player
• Luis Salom (1991-2016), Spanish motorcycle racer
• Luis Stitzinger (* 1968), German extreme mountaineer, mountain and ski guide
• Luis Suárez (* 1987), Uruguayan football player
• Luis Trenker (1892–1990), Austrian mountaineer, writer, film director and actor
• Luis Valbuena (1985-2018), American baseball player
• Luis Velador (born 1964), Mexican-American poker player

• Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986), Argentine writer
• José Luis Cuevas (1934–2017), Mexican artist

family name

• Carlos M. Luis († 2013), Cuban writer and cultural critic
• Cecilia Domínguez Luis (* 1948), Spanish writer
• Georg Luis (1816–1885), German architect
• Johann Luis (Senator) (1686–1745), German lawyer and politician
• Johann Luis (Mayor) (1722–1788), German businessman and politician
• Johann Hermann Luis (1683–1741), German businessman and politician
• Juan Francisco Luis (1940–2011), American politician
• Laura Luís (* 1992), Portuguese soccer player
• Leopoldo de Luis (1918–2005), Spanish poet
• Mireya Luis (* 1967), Cuban volleyball player
• Natalia Luis-Bassa (* 1966), Venezuelan musician
• Simão Luis († 1665), Captain General of Solor and Timor
• Victor Luis (* 1993), Brazilian soccer player
• Vincent Luis (* 1989), French professional triathlete

Facilities

• LUIS , Leibniz University IT Services Hannover (formerly RRZN)