Louis

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A male given name from French.
• A female given name

Noun

• : various gold and silver coins issued by the French kings.

Origin

• From French Louis, from Middle French Loïs, Loïc, &c., from Old French Looïs, Luis, Lodhwig, &c., from Latin Ludovicus, from Clodovicus, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz + *wīgą. Lewis and, more remotely, Aloysius, Luis, Ludwig, Luigi, and Clovis.