Luigi
English
Italian
Alternative forms
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luˈi.d͡ʒi/
- Rhymes: -idʒi
- Hyphenation: Lu‧ì‧gi
Proper noun
Luigi m
- a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Louis, Lewis
- A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Louis, notably borne by several French monarchs.
Descendants
- → Albanian: Luigj
- → Sicilian: Luiggi
- → Chinese: → 路易吉 (Lùyìjí) (transliteration)
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