Luigi

Where Luigi comes from

Borrowed from Italian Luigi. Doublet of Ludovico, Luis, Ludwig, and other cognates. The verb sense emerged shortly after the December 2024 killing of American healthcare CEO Brian Thompson; the accused is Luigi Mangione.
— Wiktionary's entry for Luigi
  • Italian
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1737
    Luigi Galvani born
    Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher
  2. 1867
    Luigi Pirandello born
    Italian dramatist, novelist, short story writer and poet
  3. 1900
    First appearance
    #1,310 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1969
    Peak, #856
    80 babies named Luigi — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1986
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,873.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Louis.
Namesakes
  • Luigi Pirandello · Italian dramatist, novelist, short story writer and poet, 1867–1936
  • Luigi Galvani · Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher, 1737–1798
  • Luigi Einaudi · (1874-1961) President of Italy from 1948 to 1955, 1874–1961
  • Luigi Boccherini · Italian composer and cellist, 1743–1805
  • Luigi Di Maio · Italian politician, born 1986

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.