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Lou
Say it: LOO
Meaning
French short form of Louise (and sometimes Louis), from Germanic hlod 'fame' and wig 'battle'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Given as a full name to French girls especially since the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 37,517 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1880, about 1 in 695 girls
- 101 babies in 2020
Through the ages
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.