Lewis (given name)

Lewis (/ˈluːɪs/) is a masculine English given name; it is a variant of the French name Louis, itself derived from Germanic (Frankish) Chlodwig; it is thus cognate with the various forms of "Louis" in other languages such as Ludovico, Ludwig et al.

Lewis has also been used as an anglicisation of the Gaelic male given name Lughaidh.

List of people with the given name Lewis

• Lewis Addison Armistead, general in the American Civil War
• Lewis Archer Boswell, American aviator
• Lewis Black, American comedian and actor
• Lewis Brindley, British comedian and youtuber
• Lewis Brown (rugby league), New Zealand Rugby League player
• Lewis Carroll, pen name of author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
• Lewis Collins, actor
• Lewis Dark, footballer
• Lewis Hamilton, Formula One racing driver
• Lewis Hamilton (footballer), footballer
• Lewis Harris, rugby league player
• Lewis Hartsough, American gospel song writer/composer
• Lewis Holtby, German footballer
• Lewis Jones (disambiguation), several people
• Lewis McAllister, American politician
• Lewys Glyn Cothi, also spelt Lewis Glyn Cothi, 15th century Welsh poet
• Lewis Nash, American jazz drummer
• Lewis Sayre Van Duzer, US Navy officer
• Lewis Yancey, American aviator
• Lewis Young, footballer
• Lewis Lovhaug, Comic Reviewer, A.K.A. Linkara.

Pseudonym

• Lewis, Canadian musician

Fictional characters

• Lewis (The Simpsons), a fictional character in The Simpsons
• Lewis Zimmerman, Star Trek character
• Lewis Bodine, a character in the 1997 film Titanic

See also

• Aloysius
• Clovis (given name)
• Lewis (disambiguation)
• Louis (given name)
• Lugh
• Louise (given name)
• Ludwig (given name)
• Luigi (name)
• Luis