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Luie
How to Pronounce Luie
Pronounced LOO-ee /ΛluΛ.i/Low
Meaning: Luie is a plain, sound-it-out spelling of Louie, the everyday short form of Louis. Louis descends from the old Germanic Chlodovech or Hludwig, 'famous in battle,' a name of Frankish kings; Luie simply writes the friendly nickname the way it sounds.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Luie is an informal early-twentieth-century respelling of Louie, catching the warm, spoken sound of the name as it was actually used. Such phonetic spellings were common in an age when records often followed the ear rather than the book.
It appears in American records chiefly in the early twentieth century, around the nineteen-tens and nineteen-twenties, before the tidier Louie and Louis prevailed. A man named Luie then would be of the great-grandfather generation now, a homespun vintage spelling.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Luie mean?
It is a phonetic spelling of Louie, short for Louis, from the Germanic Chlodovech ('famous in battle').
How do you pronounce Luie?
It is said LOO-ee /ΛluΛ.i/.
Is Luie a boy or girl name?
Luie is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Luie?
It was always rare in the United States, given to only about fourteen boys a year at its early-twentieth-century height.