Louie

Where Louie comes from

From Louis /Louise /Louisa + -ie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Louie
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #286 among boys — 33 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1901
    Peak, #229
    58 babies named Louie — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1953
    Louie Gohmert born
    United States Representative from Texas
  4. 1953
    Louie Anderson born
    American stand-up comedian and actor
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Louis.
  • A diminutive of the female given names Louise and Louisa.
Namesakes
  • Louie Anderson · American stand-up comedian and actor, 1953–2022
  • Louie Gohmert · United States Representative from Texas, born 1953
  • Louie Bickerton · Australian tennis player, 1902–1998
  • Louie Hinchliffe · British sprinter, born 2002
  • Louie B. Nunn · Kentucky governor, 1924–2004

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.