Barbie said:-
<In latin recods in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. I have noted St. Louis
recorded as St. Ludovici/Ludovic. Am thinking Ludovic might also sometimes
mean Louis. My ancestor Lukas/Lucas Feldhaus has also been recorded as
Louis.
I don't necessarily think Lucas and Louis are truly one in the same name
meaning, but I think its possible by spelling error or translation.>
I have looked in my dictionary and found that Louis and Ludovic and also the
Welsh name Lewis are the same / interchangeable - see below.
Louis is of French origins. It's earliest form was Clodevechus taken from
the Germanic Hludowig - which meant "famous + war".
Ludovic(k) = Lodowic. See "Hludowig".
Rena