Loui

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Loui is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Possibly a respelling of French Louis or Loue, a nickname from Old French loe ‘famous’, ‘renowned’, or a habitational name from a place in Sarthe named Loue, from the Romano-Gallic estate name Laudiac.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 104K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 777K
  • SESweden1 in 3.6K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sweden (measured from records)

2,830 people

Sources
163 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Possibly a respelling of French Louis or Loue, a nickname from Old French loe ‘famous’, ‘renowned’, or a habitational name from a place in Sarthe named Loue, from the Romano-Gallic estate name Laudiacum.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Loui counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Loui is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SE Sweden2,8301 in 3.6K2.8K—12
DK Denmark1,4761 in 4K1.5K—1
PH Philippines≈1,100 est.≈1 in 104K—Loui41
US United States4281 in 777K420Loui163
DZ Algeria≈250 est.≈1 in 173K—Loui4
JO Jordan≈220 est.≈1 in 49K—Loui8
SY Syria≈130 est.≈1 in 150K—Loui8

2,830 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Loui is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States, Peru

    Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Louï, Lõùi, Loüi, Löui, Louį

  • Finnish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Philippines

    Also written Loúi

  • Swahili given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, South Africa, United Kingdom

    Also written Loིuིiི

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, Philippines, Pakistan

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Louí

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Loui Michael, b. 1933Loui Bernal, b. 1961Loui Eriksson, b. 1985Loui Batley, b. 1987AnEsonGib, b. 1996Loui McConnell, b. 1999

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 45 sources across 24 countries.

Official registers attesting Loui
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010420#49,914
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020408#54,521
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000399#49,471
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Loui mean, and where does it come from?
Possibly a respelling of French Louis or Loue, a nickname from Old French loe ‘famous’, ‘renowned’, or a habitational name from a place in Sarthe named Loue, from the Romano-Gallic estate name Laudiac… Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Loui have the most bearers?
In Sweden, the national register counted about 2.8 thousand people named Loui, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Loui most common?
Loui is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.6 thousand people carrying it.
Is Loui a male or female name?
Loui is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Loui?
In the etymology graph, Luis, Luiz and Lois are forms of the same name in other languages.
How common is the name Loui?
In Sweden, the national register counted 2,830 people named Loui, about 1 in 3.6 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Loui”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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