Luigi

Meaning

1. (masculine) a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Louis or Lewis
2. (masculine) a male given name from Latin, of historical usage, equivalent to English Louis, notably borne by several French monarchs

Concepts

Louis

Lewis

Elvis

Alvis

Luigi

Synonyms

Ludovico

Translations

Louis

Luis

Ludwig

Luís

Louis de France

Λουδοβίκος

Lodewijk van Frankrijk

Ludovicus

Lodewijk

Lluís

Loís

Ludovic

Louis de Bourbon

Hyphenated as

Lu‧ì‧gi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/luˈi.d͡ʒi/

Etymology

Adaptation of Old French Louis, Looïs, Luis, from Latin Ludovīcus, from Old High German *Hlūtwīg or Frankish *Hlōdowig, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”).
Compare English Louis, Spanish Luis, German Ludwig, Sicilian Luici.
Compare the same phono-morphological output also for Parigi (“Paris”), Tamigi (“Thames”), Dionigi (“Dionysius”), artigiano (“artisan”) or parmigiano (“parmesan”).

Sentences

È stata sposata con il compositore Luigi Guglielmi .

She was married to the composer Luigi Guglielmi.

Decisivo per la sua formazione fu il successivo incontro con Luigi Sturzo.

Decisive for his training was the subsequent meeting with Luigi Sturzo.