Girl · Frankish, through French
Louise
Say it: loo-EEZ
Meaning
Feminine of Louis, from Frankish Chlodowig: hlod 'fame' and wig 'battle'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Spread from French royalty to Protestant Europe and England from the 17th century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 336,051 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1908, about 1 in 114 girls
- 408 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Louisa
| German | Luise |
|---|---|
| Italian | Luisa |
| Spanish | Luisa |
| Dutch | Louisa |
| Swedish | Lovisa |
| Polish | Luiza |
| Latin | Ludovica |
| Dutch | Louise |
Famous bearers
- Queen Louise of Prussia
- Louisa May Alcott, American author
- Louise de La Vallière
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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