Louis

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Louis is the French form of the given name Luís, historically borne by numerous French kings and notable figures.

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Label Occurrences
Louis canonical 166

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (91)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French masculine given name
given name
masculine given name
hasCognate Chlodovech
linked to: Chlodwig

Clovis
Hludwig
linked to: Ludwig
hasDiminutive Lou
Louie
hasEtymologicalComponent "hlūd" (famous)
"wīg" (war, battle)
hasEtymologicalRoot Old High German "Hludwig"
hasGender male
hasLanguageOfOrigin French
hasLanguageOfUse Afrikaans
Basque
Breton
Catalan
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Esperanto
French
Frisian
Galician
German
Greek
Hungarian
Irish
Italian
Luxembourgish
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Scottish Gaelic
Slovak
linked to: Slovak language

Spanish
Swedish
Welsh
hasMeaning famous warrior
hasNotableBearer Louis Althusser
Louis Armstrong
Louis Braille
Louis C.K.
Louis Pasteur
Louis Tomlinson
Louis de Broglie
hasPopularityRegion Belgium
Canada
France
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
hasPronunciationVariant English /ˈluːiː/
English /ˈluːɪs/
French /lwi/
hasShortForm Lou
hasTypicalUsage first name
hasVariantForm Lewis
Lluís
linked to: Lluís Dilmé

Lluís (Catalan)
Lluís (Occitan)
linked to: Lluís (Catalan)

Louie
Ludovico
Ludovicus
linked to: Ludovic

Ludwig
Ludwik
Luigi
Luis
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
isAssociatedWith Catholic saints
linked to: Christian saints

French monarchy
wasBorneBy Louis I of France
Louis II of France
Louis III of France
Louis IV of France
Louis IX of France
Louis V of France
Louis VI of France
Louis VII of France
Louis VIII of France
Louis X of France
Louis XI of France
Louis XII of France
Louis XIII of France
linked to: King Louis XIII

Louis XIV of France
Louis XV of France
Louis XVI of France
Louis XVIII of France
Louis-Philippe I of France

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Referenced by (166)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lewis hasVariant Louis
Luis I of Spain givenNameEquivalent Louis
subject linked to: Luis
Luis I of Spain equivalentNameInFrench Louis
subject linked to: Luis
Louis Braille givenName Louis
Ludovico hasVariant Louis
Louis Lipsett givenName Louis
subject linked to: Major-General Louis Lipsett
Louis Gauss givenName Louis
George Louis givenName Louis
Louis de Potter givenName Louis
subject linked to: de Potter
Louis Hennepin givenName Louis
Ludvík cognateOf Louis
Lewis shortFormOf Louis
Louis Lingg givenName Louis
subject linked to: Lingg
Louis the Lion givenName Louis
Louis Orr givenName Louis
Louis Partridge givenName Louis
Louis W. Hill givenName Louis