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Louie

Louie: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“famous warrior”
Origin
Germanic
Say it
LOO-ee · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (93% of all uses)

Diminutive or familiar form of Louis, from Germanic Ludwig. Louie is common in English, while Louis is the standard French form.

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How popular is Louie?

2024154 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Louie in 2024514

2024 rank#574 boys

Peak year1883

Total US babies since 188032,818

Louie is rising: use over the last five years is 3.2× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Louie

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Luisfamous warrior · Germanic
  • Louisfamous warrior · French
  • Lewisfamous warrior · Germanic
  • Louisefamous warrior · French
  • Louisafamous warrior · Germanic
  • Luisafamous warrior · Italian
  • Loufamous warrior · Germanic
  • Aloysiusfamous warrior · Latin

Louie questions

What does the name Louie mean?

Louie means "famous warrior". It comes from Germanic. Diminutive or familiar form of Louis, from Germanic Ludwig. Louie is common in English, while Louis is the standard French form.

Is Louie a boy or girl name?

Louie is mainly a boy's name in US records (93% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Louie?

514 US babies were named Louie in 2024. Its peak year was 1883.

How do you pronounce Louie?

Louie is usually pronounced LOO-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.