# Luigi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/luigi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /luˈiːd͡ʒi/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,305 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,305 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 261, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 36 | 3,147 |
| 2012 | 35 | 3,216 |
| 2013 | 44 | 2,694 |
| 2014 | 51 | 2,479 |
| 2015 | 41 | 2,890 |
| 2016 | 38 | 3,098 |
| 2017 | 42 | 2,869 |
| 2018 | 33 | 3,423 |
| 2019 | 38 | 3,130 |
| 2020 | 37 | 3,107 |
| 2021 | 32 | 3,549 |
| 2022 | 41 | 3,037 |
| 2023 | 38 | 3,204 |
| 2024 | 49 | 2,695 |
| 2025 | 52 | 2,554 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Luigi

- Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, 9th President of Italy (1918–2012)
- Luigi Einaudi, (1874-1961) President of Italy from 1948 to 1955
- Luigi Mangione, American who killed Brian Thompson
- Luigi Poggi, Catholic cardinal (1917–2010)
- Luigi Maglione, Catholic cardinal (1877–1944)
- Luigi De Magistris, Catholic archbishop (1926–2022)
- Luigi Lambruschini, Catholic cardinal (1776-1854)
- Luigi Bruins, Dutch footballer
- Luigi Ferrando, Catholic bishop
- Luigi Bressan, Archbishop of Trento and apostolic nuncio
- Luigi Rovati, boxer (1904–1989)
- Carlo Luigi Morichini, Catholic cardinal (1805–1879)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.