How to write “Luis or Lewis” in Korean
루이스 ru-i-seu
What Korean friends call you
- 루이스야 ru-i-seu-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 루이스 씨 ru-i-seu-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Luis
- 루이스 27 (100%)
Korean labels of 27 people named Luis on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Luis or Lewis, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Lewis Hamilton — 루이스 해밀턴
- Luis Suárez — 루이스 알베르토 수아레스
- Luis Buñuel — 루이스 부뉴엘
- Luis Walter Alvarez — 루이스 월터 앨버레즈
273,305 babies were named Luis in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 157th most common name.
Block by block
- 루 = ㄹ + ㅜ · 5 strokes
Also in 루: Andrew 앤드루 · Luke 루크 · Lucas 루카스
- 이 = ㅇ + ㅣ · 2 strokes
Also in 이: Jacob 제이콥 · Michael 마이클 · David 데이비드
- 스 = ㅅ + ㅡ · 3 strokes
Also in 스: Christopher 크리스토퍼 · Nicholas 니콜라스 · James 제임스
루이스 takes 10 strokes in all.
More names: Adrian 아드리안 · Jennifer 제니퍼 · Allison 앨리슨 · Katherine 캐서린 · Avery 에이버리
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