Luigi

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Luigi is a masculine Italian given name. It is the Italian form of the German name Ludwig, through the Latinization Ludovicus, corresponding to the French name Louis and its anglicized variant Lewis.

From Wikipedia

Luigi first appears in the data in 1900 and has been recorded in 119 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1969 with 80 babies (rank #858 that year). In 2024 it was given to 49 boys (rank #2,686). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Luigi

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Luigi yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

4Destiny numberThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

4,252

Total babies (all years)

119

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Luigi

Luigi Pirandellonovelist · b. 1867
Luigi Galvanianatomist · b. 1737
Luigi Einaudiopinion journalist · b. 1874
Luigi Boccheriniclassical pianist · b. 1743
Luigi Di Maiopubblicista journalist · b. 1986

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1900	5	#1,425
1902	6	#1,097
1905	6	#1,178
1907	7	#1,160
1908	6	#1,313
1910	10	#1,090
1911	6	#1,659
1912	17	#1,160
1913	28	#943
1914	29	#1,067
1915	40	#1,009
1916	30	#1,231
1917	40	#1,058
1918	29	#1,331
1919	26	#1,437
1920	36	#1,218
1921	34	#1,261
1922	39	#1,151
1923	39	#1,150
1924	33	#1,280
1925	30	#1,351
1926	32	#1,289
1927	30	#1,364
1928	29	#1,369
1929	23	#1,548
1930	23	#1,551
1931	15	#1,973
1932	14	#2,059
1933	11	#2,311
1934	7	#3,172
1935	11	#2,346
1936	14	#1,935
1937	8	#2,809
1938	12	#2,143
1939	8	#2,729
1940	5	#3,756
1941	12	#2,163
1942	9	#2,635
1943	12	#2,242
1945	5	#3,593
1946	5	#3,818
1947	7	#3,260
1948	13	#2,182
1949	13	#2,186
1950	8	#2,935
1951	17	#1,882
1952	9	#2,805
1953	14	#2,157
1954	13	#2,273
1955	15	#2,103
1956	12	#2,445
1957	15	#2,153
1958	23	#1,666
1959	34	#1,353
1960	33	#1,392
1961	43	#1,218
1962	35	#1,329
1963	51	#1,074
1964	57	#1,003
1965	45	#1,121
1966	48	#1,065
1967	60	#940
1968	60	#945
1969	80	#858
1970	72	#947
1971	62	#1,039
1972	57	#1,078
1973	56	#1,086
1974	50	#1,176
1975	58	#1,111
1976	51	#1,217
1977	51	#1,247
1978	45	#1,383
1979	62	#1,147
1980	54	#1,264
1981	64	#1,148
1982	50	#1,332
1983	49	#1,342
1984	41	#1,519
1985	42	#1,560
1986	32	#1,900
1987	48	#1,495
1988	73	#1,183
1989	61	#1,404
1990	66	#1,375
1991	54	#1,582
1992	65	#1,424
1993	50	#1,731
1994	45	#1,881
1995	50	#1,770
1996	50	#1,833
1997	45	#2,013
1998	50	#1,948
1999	43	#2,187
2000	61	#1,795
2001	54	#1,997
2002	61	#1,858
2003	55	#2,068
2004	52	#2,227
2005	70	#1,850
2006	50	#2,466
2007	57	#2,293
2008	57	#2,313
2009	52	#2,474
2010	46	#2,668
2011	36	#3,146
2012	35	#3,216
2013	44	#2,693
2014	51	#2,478
2015	41	#2,889
2016	38	#3,095
2017	42	#2,869
2018	33	#3,423
2019	38	#3,130
2020	37	#3,106
2021	32	#3,547
2022	41	#3,036
2023	38	#3,200
2024	49	#2,686