Luis
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Spanish. Borrowed from Spanish Luis and Portuguese Luís. Doublet of Louis and Luigi.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Luis (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Luis has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 7 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | 6 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 11 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,118 |
| 2000 | 1,123 |
| 2001 | 1,148 |
| 2002 | 1,154 |
| 2003 | 1,157 |
| 2004 | 1,165 |
| 2005 | 1,179 |
| 2006 | 1,191 |
| 2007 | 1,212 |
| 2008 | 1,257 |
| 2009 | 1,277 |
| 2010 | 1,298 |
| 2011 | 1,316 |
| 2012 | 1,366 |
| 2013 | 1,381 |
| 2014 | 1,422 |
| 2015 | 1,441 |
| 2016 | 1,456 |
| 2017 | 1,471 |
| 2018 | 1,481 |
| 2019 | 1,500 |
| 2020 | 1,499 |
Luis in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Luis.Hi! My name is Luis.
- Luis har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Luis has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Luis kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Luis is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Luis mamma är lärare.Luis's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Luis mamma is Luis's mum. Because Luis already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Luis
How do you pronounce Luis in Swedish?
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What does the name Luis mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Spanish. Borrowed from Spanish Luis and Portuguese Luís. Doublet of Louis and Luigi.
How popular is Luis in Sweden?
11 babies were named Luis in 2022. In 2020, 1,499 people in Sweden had Luis as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2022 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.