Lewis
Meaning: Its source is Hlutwig, an Ancient Germanic name meaning "Famous warrior."
Languages: This boy's name is used in English.
Variant Forms: Ludovic
Non-English Forms: Luis
Source Forms: Hlutwig
Popularity: The name Lewis ranked 599th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 180th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
This name is highly rated in the 1990 U.S. Census popularity survey of all ages, but after 1960 does not appear in the state data listing the most popular baby names.
Narrative: This name is sometimes Latinized as Clovis, and it was a Germanic tribal leader known by that name who ended the Roman domination of what is now France and established himself as king.
It is thus appropriate that sixteen kings of France bore the French form of this name, Louis.
Arts and Music
- Lewis Hine (born 1874, died 1940)
American photographer.
- Subjects included immigrants, child labor, and the building of the Empire State Building (see list of Miscellaneous Photographers)
Leadership
- Lewis F. Powell, Jr. (died 1998)
American jurist.
- U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1972-87 (see list of U.S. Supreme Court Justices)
- Lewis Morris (born 1726)
- Signer, Declaration of Independence, New York (see list of Signers of the Declaration of Independence)
- Lewis E. Platt
- CEO of Fortune 500 company Hewlett-Packard (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
- CEO of Fortune 500 company Hewlett-Packard (see list of 1997 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
- CEO of Fortune 500 company Hewlett-Packard (see list of 1998 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
- CEO of Fortune 500 company Hewlett-Packard (see list of 1999 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
Miscellaneous
- Lewis Bradley
- National Cowboy Hall of Fame (see list of National Cowboy Hall of Fame)
- Lewis Carroll (born 1832, died 1898)
Pseudonym of English novelist, mathematician and photographer Charles L. Dodgson.
- On the cover of Sgt. Pepper''s Lonely Hearts Club Band (see list of Faces on the Cover of ''Sergeant Pepper'')
- Lewis Mumford (born 1895, died 1990)
American architect, sociologist and writer.
- 1964 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
Science and Philosophy
- Lewis Mumford (born 1895, died 1990)
American architect, sociologist and writer.
- Wrote The Brown Decades and The Culture of Cities (see list of Miscellaneous Social Scientists)
- Lewis H. Sarett
- 1975 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
Sports
- Lewis ''Hack'' Wilson
- Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979 (see list of Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
Stage and Screen
- Lewis Arquette (born 1935)
American actor.
- Portrayed J.D. Pickett (see list of Actors on ''The Waltons'')
- Lewis Milestone (born 1895)
Actor, writer, director and producer.
- Two-time Academy Award winner for Best Director: 1928, for Two Arabian Knights; 1930, for All Quiet on the Western Front (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Director)
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Lewis J. Selznick
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Lewis Stone (born 1879, died 1953)
American actor.
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
The Literary World
- Lewis Belasco
Fictional character.
- Sold chainfall to Charity Camber in Stephen King''s novel Cujo (see list of Characters in Cujo)
- Lewis Carroll (born 1832, died 1898)
Pseudonym of English novelist, mathematician and photographer Charles L. Dodgson.
- Wrote Alice''s Adventures in Wonderland (see list of Prose Writers of the Victorian Era)
- Lewis B. Puller, Jr. (born 1945, died 1994)
American soldier and writer.
- 1992 Pulitzer Prize winner for Biography/Autobiography, for Fortunate Son: The Healing of a Vietnam Vet (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography)
- Lewis Mumford (born 1895, died 1990)
American architect, sociologist and writer.
- 1962 National Book Award winner for Nonfiction, for The City in History (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Nonfiction)
- Lewis M. Simons
- 1986 Pulitzer Prize winner for International Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting)
- Lewis Spratlan
- 2000 Pulitzer Winner in Music (see list of Winners of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation)
- Lewis Thomas (born 1913)
American essayist and physician.
- 1975 National Book Award winner for Nonfiction, for The Lives of a Cell (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Nonfiction)
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Teasing Nicknames:
- St. Louis
Associations:
In British slang, a ''Louie'' or ''Louis'' is one-sixteenth of an ounce of marijuana.
Meaning: Its source is Hlutwig, an Ancient Germanic name meaning "Famous warrior."
Popularity: The name Lewis ranked 4136th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
Though this name appears on the 1990 U.S. Census lists, it is used by only a small percentage of the general population.
This name is usually reserved for boys. In part, it could owe its position on the US Census popularity list to incorrectly filled-out census forms.
Narrative: The Ancient Germanic name Hlutwig was Latinized into Ludovicus. The French shortened this to Clovis, and over time dropped the ''c'' and changed the ''v'' to a ''u.'' Voilá, Louis. In the opinion of the French, this was an excellent name for a king -- eighteen of them, in fact.
Somewhere in this progression, the feminine Latin form Louisa was changed by the French into Louise, and from the interplay of these names a bouquet of girls' names grew -- Eloise, Heloise, Eloisa, Luisa and others.
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Name: Lewis
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