Luici

Sicilian

Luici XV di Francia

Louis XV of France

Alternative forms

• Lisi, Lici (native old variants)
• Luvisi, Luvici (native trisyllabic variants)
• Cluduvìu, Luduvicu (Latinism)
• Luiggi, Luiggiu (Italianism)
• Ligghi

Etymology

Superseded (by conflation with Italian Luigi) the older native form Lisi (then also Lici), which was already an adaptation of Old French Louis, Looïs, Luis, from Latin Ludovīcus, from Old High German *Hlūtwīg or Frankish *Hlōdowig, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”). Compare English Louis, Spanish Luis, German Ludwig, Italian Luigi, Portuguese Luís. Compare the same phono-morphological output also for articianu (“artisan”), parmicianu (“parmisan”), particianu (“partisan”), also Diunisi (“Dionysius, Dennis”) and Tamisi (“Thames”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈi.ʃi/

Proper noun

Luici

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.

Derived terms

• Ggi
• Ggiggi
• Gginu
• Luì
• San Luici
• Santu Lisi

 

Related terms

• (feminine variants): Lisa (native); Luì, Luicina; (italianism) Luisa, Luiggia, Luiggina (term of endearment).