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Louie

Louie

223 4.8
A male first name often short for Louis
  • proper noun
  • /ˈluːi/
  • Informal
: Louie
  • Louie, can you give us a minute and go and talk to Daddy a minute in the other room?
  • Louie's story
  • Isaac and Louie
  • Abt and Louie

This is the actual chart that Louie Gohmert held up.

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Examples

  • I got a buddy of mine, Louie.

  • There he met an old age pensioner called Louie Walsh and The X Factor was born.

  • And Louie and I talk about this in terms of my show now.

  • You know I like it if you take Louie and Joey to the movies?

    Fiction book (1995)
  • What advice did Louie give me about pink?

  • I know you're sad about Louie.

  • "At least you're still alive," said his best friend, Louie, in the locker room after the match.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • I've got a cousin spells it the same way, and we call him Louie.

  • Something exciting is happening for Zoe and Joe, me, Louie, Tanya and Evan.

  • Louie is my best friend, and we always have fun together.

Synonyms

pet name
vsLouie
  • Informal
12 2.1

A special short name people use for someone they care about

is a specific familiar diminutive of a male name rather than general endearment
soubriquet
vsLouie
  • UK
1 9.9

A friendly name used instead of a person's real name

is a precise diminutive of a male name rather than a broad altered nickname

Idioms

to hang a Louie
  • Informal
1 9.9

Turn left while driving or riding a bike

Surface Forms

Louie main

Morphology

Louie = Lou (semi-transparent) = Lou + ie

The name is formed with the familiar diminutive suffix -ie, but as a proper name it is partly lexicalized rather than fully compositional.

Etymology

Louie is a friendly, short form of Louis, similar to Lewis and Lou, and that name comes from an old German word meaning 'famous' and 'war'. So you can remember Louie as a warm, familiar name that originally meant a 'famous fighter'.