Name: Lois
Gender: Female
Usage: Lois, of greek origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Lois are in general originating from France, Germany, Greece, Israel, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Lois across the world, see Heloise, Loïs.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Lois is: Good.
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Numerology of the first name Lois: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 1. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: individualistic, determined, pioneering, bold, athletic, independent, active, self-confident.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Determined
Ruling planet: Sun
Colors: Yellow, Orange, Gold
Gemstones: Topaz, Amber
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The name Lois is ranked on the 900th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 600800 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.009% of the population. The name Lois has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Lois for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Lois is a common English name from the New Testament. Paul mentions her as the pious grandmother of Timothy in his second epistle to Timothy (commending her for her faith in 2 Timothy 1:5). The name was first used by English Christians after the Protestant Reformation, and it was popular, particularly in North America, during the first half of the 20th century.
Some notable women with the name include:
- Lois McMaster Bujold, author
- Lois Capps, congresswoman
- Lois Chiles, actress
- Lois Collier, actress
- Lois Hole, lieutenant governor of Alberta (2000–2005)
- Lois Kolkhorst, American politician
- Lois M. Leveen, author
- Lois Lowry, author
- Lois Maffeo (Lois), musician
- Lois Maxwell, actress
- Lois McCallin, athlete
- Lois Meredith, actress
- Lois Miriam Wilson, minister
- Lois Moran, actress
- Lois Roberts, murder victim
- Lois Roisman, activist/playwright/poet
- Lois Smith, actress
- Lois V Vierk, composer
The most famous fictional woman to bear the name is probably Lois Lane, but other fictional Loises include:
- Lois Flagston (née Bailey) in Hi and Lois
- Lois Griffin (née Pewterschmidt) in Family Guy
- Lois Morgan in Ellen (television series)
- Lois Wilkerson in Malcolm in the Middle
New Testament: name, of unknown origin, borne by the grandmother of the Timothy to whom St Paul wrote two epistles (see 2 Timothy 1: 5). Both Timothy and his mother Eunice bore common Greek names, but Lois is hard to explain. It certainly has no connection with either Louise or Eloise (which are both of Germanic origin), although it has often been taken to be associated with them in modern times.
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