Luigi

• Aligi, Aloisio, Alvise, Clodoveo, Ludovico, Luigio, Luiso

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”).

• IPA^(key): /luˈi.d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -idʒi
• Hyphenation: Lu‧ì‧gi

Luigi m

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

• Ludovico
• Luisa, Luigia (female equivalents)

• → Albanian: Luigj
• → Sicilian: Luiggi