Loui
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOO-ee
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,286 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Loui is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Loui mean?
Germanic: spelling of Louie, from Louis
“famous warrior”
Respelling of Louie, the pet form of Louis, which comes from the Frankish name Chlodowig.
Is Loui a girl's or a boy's name?
Loui is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Loui in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,286among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Loui, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,007th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 55 boys.
Half of all the boys named Loui in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,720 boys in the UK were given Loui or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #13, up from #1,286 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Loui in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,470 |
| 2023 | 25 | #1,214 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,048 |
| 2021 | 25 | #1,200 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,007 |
| 2019 | 39 | #859 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,142 |
| 2017 | 48 | #778 |
| 2016 | 32 | #1,010 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,324 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,196 |
| 2013 | 37 | #888 |
| 2012 | 23 | #1,234 |
| 2011 | 29 | #1,031 |
| 2010 | 35 | #911 |
| 2009 | 31 | #956 |
| 2008 | 55 | #633 |
| 2007 | 35 | #843 |
| 2006 | 34 | #823 |
| 2005 | 54 | #552 |
| 2004 | 50 | #565 |
| 2003 | 30 | #773 |
| 2002 | 26 | #791 |
| 2001 | 19 | #949 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,087 |
| 1998 | 18 | #906 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Loui in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Loui, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had fewer boys named Loui than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Loui in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,900 boys in the US were given Loui or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #210, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
Loui in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
Nicknames for Loui
- Lou 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Loui
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Albie Lando Levi Alfie Milo Rio Lucas Finley Lorcan Theo Jenson
Other spellings of Loui
Names related to Loui
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Matilda Miles Alice Myles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Loui: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/loui, updated 20 October 2026.