Given name

Loïs

Loïs is a feminine given name. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

In French use, Loïs has a related form in Louis. An origin associated with Louis is Germanic.

Explained through its name family

The story

In French use, Loïs has a related form in Louis. The history of Louis gives this family its wider story. Louis has a history of use among French royal or aristocratic families.

Explained through its name family

Loïs’s family of names

In French usage, Loïs has a related form in Louis. In French usage, Loïs has a related form in Lois. In French usage, Loïs has a related form in Loïc.

Walk Loïs’s family in the name graph

LoïsLoísLouisLoisLoïcAloisAloïs

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Loïs, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Ottokars

“a spirited warrior”

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Royal

Ottocars

“a spirited warrior”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Loïs’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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