Lewis (given name)

Lewis (/ˈluːɪs/) is a masculine English-language given name. It was coined as an anglicisation of given names in other languages.

"Lewis" has been used to anglicise the Irish name "Lugaid", the German name "Ludwig", and the French name "Louis" (the last two originally deriving from the Old Frankish name Chlodowig). It may also be a borrowing from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, whose name derives from the Scottish Gaelic Leòdhas.

Variant forms[]

Afrikaans: Louis
Arabic: لويس‎ and لؤي
Albanian: Luigj, Ludovik
Ancient Germanic: Chlodovech, Clodovicus, Ludovicus, Clovis, Hludowig
Armenian: Լուդովիկ (Loudovik)^[1]
Basque: Aloxi, Koldobika, Luki, Koldo
Breton: Loeiz, Loïc
Bengali: লুইস, লুডউইগ, romanized: Luis/Luish, Luduig
Bulgarian: Людовик (Lyudovik)
Catalan: Lluís
Chinese (traditional and simplified): 路易 (Lùyì)
Croatian: Alojzije, Ljudevit, Ludovik, Luj, Alojz
Czech: Ludvík, Alois, Luděk
Danish: Ludvig, Lodvig
Macedonian: Лудвиг (Ludvig), Луј (Luj), Људевит (Ljudevit)
Dutch: Lodewijk, Lode, Lodevicus, Loe, Louis, Lowie, Lowieke, Ludo, Ludovicus
English: Louis, Louie, Lou, Lewis, Lewes, Lewie, Lew, Lewy or Luey; Ludovic, Lodvig, Lodovig
Esperanto: Ludoviko, Luĉjo
French: Louis, Ludovic, Clovis
Galician: Lois, Luís
Georgian: ხლოდვიგი (Khlodvigi), ლუდვიგი (ludvigi), ლუდოვიკო(ludoviko), ლუი (lui)
German: Ludwig, Alois, Aloysius, Lutz
Greek: Λουδοβίκος (Loudovíkos)
Hawaiian: Lui
Hindi: लुइस (Lu'is)
Hungarian: Lajos, Alajos
Irish: Alaois, Alabhaois, Laoiseach, Lughaidh
Indonesian: Aloysius, Louis, Ludowikus
Icelandic: Loðvík
Italian: Aloigi, Aloisi, Aloisio, Luigi, Lodovico, Ludovico, Alvise, Gigi, Gigio, Gigino, Ginetto, Gino, Luigino, Vico
Japanese: ルイ(Rui)
Korean: 루이 (Lui), 루이스 (Luiseu)
Latin: Ludovicus, Aloysius
Latvian: Ludviķis, Ludis, Ludvigs, Luijs, Luiss, Luī, Aloizs, Aloiss
Lithuanian: Liudvikas, Aloyzas, Liudas
Medieval Occitan: Aloys, Aloysius
Norwegian: Ludvig, Lodve
Occitan: Loís
Persian: لوئیس
Polish: Ludwik, Alojzy
Portuguese: Luís, Aloísio, Aluísio, Ludovico (Luiz is an archaic form), Luisinho
Provençal: Louïs, Louei, Louvis
Punjabi: ਲੂਯਿਸ (Lūyis)
Romanian: Aloisiu, Ludovic
Russian: Людовик (Lyudovik)
Scottish Gaelic: Luthais
Sicilian: Luiggi, Ludovicu
Serbian: Луј (Luj), Људевит (Ljudevit)
Slovak: Ľudovít, Alojz
Slovene: Alojz, Lojze, Ljudevit, Luj, Alojzij, Ludvik
Spanish: Luis, Ludovico
Swedish: Ludvig, Love, Ludde
Tamil: லூயிஸ் (Lūyis)
Telugu: లూయిస్ (Lūyis)
Thai: หลุยส์ (H̄luys̄̒)
Ukrainian: Людовик (Lyudovyk)
Welsh: Lewis

List of people with the given name Lewis[]

Nobility[]

Lewis Hugh Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, British peer
Lewis Joseph Hugh Clifford, 12th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, British peer
Lewis Hugh Clifford, 13th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, British peer
Lewis Grant-Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Seafield, Scottish peer and Member of Parliament
Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Huntly (c. 1626–1653), Scottish nobleman
Lewis Mordaunt, 3rd Baron Mordaunt, British politician and peer
Lewis Robessart, British baron
Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Sondes, British Whig politician and peer
Lewis Watson, 2nd Baron Sondes, British Whig politician and peer
Lewis Watson, 3rd Baron Sondes, British peer

Politics[]

Lewis V. Bogy (1813–1877), American politician and senator from Missouri
Lewis Burwell, several men by the name from the Burwell family of Virginia
Lewis Cass, American politician and senator from Michigan
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, American politician and lt. governor of New York
Lewis Preston Collins II (1896–1952), Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
Lewis Weston Dillwyn, British porcelain manufacturer, naturalist and Whig Member of Parliament (MP)
Lewis E. Eliason, American politician and lt. governor of Delaware
Lewis Wormser Harris (1812–1876), bill-broker, financier and the first Jew elected Lord Mayor of Dublin
Lewis Jones (politician) (1884–1968), British politician, MP for Swansea West, 1931–1945
G. Lewis Jones (1907–1971), Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, 1959–1961
Lewis F. Linn, American politician and senator from Missouri
Lewis Morris, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.
Lewis Morris (governor), American colonial leader in New York and New Jersey
Lewis Morris (speaker), American judge, politician and landowner
Lewis R. Morris, U.S. Representative from Vermont
Sir Lewis Morris (1833–1907), Welsh poet, academic and politician
Lewis E. Parsons, American politician and governor of Alabama
Lewis E. Reed, American politician from St. Louis, Missouri
Lewis B. Schwellenbach, American politician and senator from Washington

Arts and entertainment[]

Lewis Grandison Alexander (1898-1945), American poet, actor, and playwright with ties to the Harlem Renaissance
Lewis Black (born 1948), American comedian and actor
Lewis Brindley, British comedian and YouTuber
Lewis Capaldi (born 1996), Scottish singer-songwriter
Lewis Carroll (1832–1898), pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the author of Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Casson (1875–1969), English actor and theatre director
Lewis Collins (1946–2013), English film and theatre actor
Lewis D. Collins (1899–1954), American film director
Lewis Hartsough (1828–1919), American Methodist evangelist and gospel songwriter/composer
Lewis Hobba (born 1985), Australian radio presenter, television presenter and comedian
Lewis Jones (1897–1939), Welsh writer and political activist
Lewis Lovhaug, comic reviewer also known as Linkara
Lewis Morris (1701–1765), Welsh hydrographer, antiquary, poet and lexicographer
Lewis Nash (born 1958), American jazz drummer
Lewis H. Nash (1852–1923), an American engineer and inventor of the liquid-ring-vacuum pump
Lewis "Lou" Reed (1942–2013), American rock musician and member of the Velvet Underground
Lewis E. Reed (born 1962), American politician
Lewis Shiner (born 1950), American author
Lewis Waller (1860–1915), English actor and theatre manager
Lewis Watson (born 1992), British singer-songwriter
Lewis Strange Wingfield (1842–1891), Irish traveller, actor, writer, and painter
Lewys Glyn Cothi / Lewis Glyn Cothi (c. 1420–1490), 15th century Welsh poet

Sports[]

Lewis Bradley (rugby) (1889–1918), English rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s
Lewis Brown (rugby league), New Zealand rugby league player
Lewis Burton, British tennis player and model
Lewis Collins (footballer), Welsh footballer
Lewis Dark, footballer
Lewis Hamilton, Formula One racing driver
Lewis Hamilton (footballer), footballer
Lewis Harris (rugby league), English rugby league player
Lewis Holtby, German footballer
Lewis Jones (Australian footballer) (1883–1960), Australian rules footballer
Lewis Jones (footballer, born 1994), British footballer
Lewis Jones (rugby) (born 1931), Welsh rugby union, and rugby league footballer of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s
Lewis Jones (rugby player born 1992), Welsh rugby union scrum-half
Lewis Jones (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 2010s
Lewis Moody, English Rugby Union player
Lewis Pugh, British-South African extreme swimmer, international environmental activist
Lewis Smith (footballer), Scottish footballer
Lewis Young, footballer

Religion[]

Lewis Bagot, English Bishop of Bristol, Norwich
Lewis Jones (bishop) (1542–1646), Bishop of Killaloe
Lewis Bevel Jones III (1926–2018), bishop of the United Methodist Church
Lewis B. Paton (1864-1932), American biblical scholar

Science[]

Lewis Roberts Binford, American archaeologist known for his influential work in archaeological theory, ethnoarchaeology and the Paleolithic period.
Lewis Boss, American astronomer who served as the director of the Dudley Observatory in Schenectady, New York.
Lewis J. Feldman, American professor of plant biology at the University of California, Berkeley
Lewis Hine, American sociologist and photographer
Lewis Ralph Jones (1864–1945), American botanist and agricultural biologist
Lewis Wade Jones (1910–1979), sociologist and educator
Lewis Webster Jones (1899–1975), American economist
Lewis A. Swift, American astronomer who discovered 13 comets and 1,248 previously uncatalogued nebulae.

Business[]

Lewis Ginter, American businessman and philanthropist
Lewis Harris (philanthropist) (1900–1983), New Zealand farmer, stock dealer and philanthropist
Lewis Gouverneur Morris, banker and social figure in New York and Newport society

Military[]

Lewis Addison Armistead, American general in the American Civil War
Lewis H. Brereton, military aviation pioneer and lieutenant general in the United States Air Force
Lewis Collins (RAF officer) (1894–1971), British World War I flying ace
Lewis Jones (Royal Navy officer) (1797–1895)
Lewis Nicola, American military officer notable for authoring the Newburgh letter
Lewis Sayre Van Duzer, US Navy officer

Other[]

Lewis Archer Boswell, American aviator
Lewis de Claremont, pseudonym of an American author on occultism who flourished during the 1930s
Lewis Jones (Patagonia) (1836–1904), one of the founders of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia who gave his name to the town of Trelew
Lewis G. Morris, maritime advocate, sheep and cattle breeder
Lewis Yancey, American aviator

Pseudonym[]

Lewis (musician), Canadian musician

Fictional characters[]

Lewis (The Simpsons), a fictional character in The Simpsons
Lewis Bodine, a character in the 1997 film Titanic
Lewis Romero, a character in the 2006 film Final Destination 3
Lewis Skolnik, a character in the Revenge of the Nerds movie series
Lewis "Cornelius" Robinson, a character in the 2007 film Meet the Robinsons
Lewis Zimmerman, Star Trek character
Lewis (Holes), A fictional character in Holes by Louis Sachar

References[]

^ M. Petrossian (ed.). New Dictionary Armenian-English. Librairie de Beyrouth.

[1] M. Petrossian (ed.). New Dictionary Armenian-English. Librairie de Beyrouth.

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