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{{other uses|Luis (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox given name | name = Luis | image = Luis Guzman at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg | image_size = | caption = [[Luis Guzmán]] at the 2009 premiere of [[Whatever Works]]. | pronunciation = {{IPA|es|ˈlwis|lang}}<br/>{{IPA|pt|luˈiʃ, lwiʃ, luˈis, lwis|lang}} | gender = Male | feminine = [[Luisa]] | meaning = Famous warrior | region = | language = [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] (Luís), [[Galician language|Galician]] | origin = | alternative spelling = | nickname = | variant forms = Luís, [[Luiz]] | related names = [[Alois]], [[Clovis (given name)|Clovis]], [[Lewis (given name)|Lewis]], [[Louis (given name)|Louis]], [[Ludovic]], [[Ludovico]], [[Ludvík]], [[Ludwig (given name)|Ludwig]], [[Luigi (name)|Luigi]], [[Lajos]] | name day = | petname = [[Luisito]], [[Luisinho (disambiguation)|Luisinho]], [[Lucho]] | popularity = | footnotes = | wikt = }} '''Luis''' is a [[given name]]. It is the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] form of the originally [[Germanic language|Germanic]] name {{lang|gem|Hludowig}} or {{lang|gem|Chlodovech}}. Other [[Iberian Romance languages]] have comparable forms: '''{{lang|pt|Luís|italic=no}}''' (with an accent mark on the i) in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] and [[Galician language|Galician]], '''{{lang|ca|Lluís|italic=no}}''' in [[Aragonese language|Aragonese]] and [[Catalan language|Catalan]], while '''{{lang|pt-BR|Luiz|italic=no}}''' is archaic in Portugal, but common in [[Brazil]].
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