Lois

Lois

Rembrandt, Timothy and his Grandmother, 1648
Gender	Feminine
Language(s)	English
Origin
Meaning	uncertain; allegedly "desirable, agreeable"
Other names
Derived	From the original Greek Λωΐς

Lois is a common English name from the New Testament. Paul mentions Lois 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.

Notable Women

• 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 McConnell, lead singer of European EDM group N-Force
• Lois Meredith, actress
• Lois Miriam Wilson, minister
• Lois Moran, actress
• Lois Roberts, murder victim
• Lois Roisman, activist/playwright/poet
• Lois Smith, actress
• Lois Wilson, American silent film actress
• Lois V Vierk, composer

Fictional Women

• Lois Flagston (née Bailey), the comic strip Hi and Lois.
• Lois Griffin (née Pewterschmidt), the animated series Family Guy.
• Lois Habiba, the TV series Torchwood: Children of Earth.
• Lois Lane, the Daily Planet reporter in DC Comics, who is probably the most famous fictional woman to bear the name Lois.
• Lois Lane, who plays Bianca in the play within the play Kiss Me, Kate .
• Lois Morgan, the TV series Ellen.
• Lois Wilkerson, the TV series Malcolm in the Middle.

As male name

In French, Loïs is a male name, as in the fictional comic strip adventures of Loïs Lorcey by Jacques Martin.

See also

• Lois, Missouri, a community in the United States
• Loïs Lane, a Dutch girl group