Lou

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Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage English, French
Pronounced Pron. LOO
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Meaning & History

Short form of LOUISE or LOUIS. Famous bearers include the baseball player Lou Gehrig (1903-1941) and the musician Lou Reed (1942-2013).

Related Names

VariantsLouella, Louie, Luella, Lula(English) Louisette(French)
Feminine FormsLouisa, Louise(English) Louise(French)
Masculine FormsAloysius, Lewis, Louis(English) Loïc, Louis, Ludovic(French)
Other Languages & CulturesChlodovech, Clodovicus, Ludovicus, Clovis, Hludowig(Ancient Germanic) Koldobika, Koldo(Basque) Loïc(Breton) Lluís, Lluïsa(Catalan) Alojz, Alojzija, Alojzije(Croatian) Alois, Ludvík, Luděk(Czech) Louise, Lovise, Ludvig, Loui(Danish) Lodewijk, Louis, Louisa, Louise, Loes, Lowie, Ludo(Dutch) Ludoviko, Luĉjo(Esperanto) Loviise(Estonian) Loviisa(Finnish) Lois(Galician) Alois, Louisa, Louise, Ludwig, Luise, Aloisia, Lulu, Lutz(German) Louiza(Greek) Alajos, Lajos, Lujza(Hungarian) Lúðvík(Icelandic) Alaois(Irish) Aloisio, Alvise, Lodovico, Ludovica, Ludovico, Luigi, Luigia, Luisa, Gina, Gino, Luigina, Luigino, Luisella, Vico(Italian) Ludis, Ludvigs(Latvian) Liudvika, Liudvikas(Lithuanian) Ruiha(Maori) Aloys, Aloysius(Medieval Occitan) Lovise, Ludvig(Norwegian) Loís(Occitan) Alojzy, Ludwik, Ludwika, Luiza(Polish) Aloísio, Luís, Luísa, Luisinho(Portuguese) Luiz, Luiza(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Luiza(Romanian) Alojz, Alojzia, Lujza(Slovak) Alojz, Alojzij, Alojzija, Ludvik, Lojze(Slovene) Luis, Luisa, Lucho, Luisina, Luisita(Spanish) Louise, Lovisa, Ludvig, Loui, Lova, Love, Ludde(Swedish)

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