Louise (given name)

Louíse
Pronunciation/luˈiːz/ loo-EEZ
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/name
  • German
  • French
Meaning"Famous warrior"
Other names
Nickname(s)
  • Lou
  • Louie
  • Lulu
  • Weazy
  • Weezy
  • Louisette
  • Louweazy
Related names
  • Eloise
  • Aloisia
  • Louisa
  • Luisa
  • Luiza

Louise and Luise are, respectively, French and German feminine forms of the given name Louis. Louise has been regularly used as a female name in English-speaking countries since the middle of the 19th century. It has ranked among the top 100 names given to girls in France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden and Wales in recent years. It last ranked among the top 1,000 first names for girls born in the United States in 1991, but remains a more common middle name.

Variants

People with the name

Arts

  • Louise Blanchard Bethune (1856–1913), American architect
  • Louise Bennett (1919-2006), Jamaican poet and folklorist
  • Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), French sculptor
  • Louise Cotnoir (1948–2024), Canadian writer
  • Louise Murray (1854–1931), American local historian and museum director
  • Louise Nevelson (1899–1988), American sculptor
  • Louise Robert (1941–2022), Canadian painter
  • Louise Schatz (1916–1997), Canadian-born Israeli artist and designer
  • Louise Cooper Spindle (1885–1968), American composer

Entertainment

  • Louise Abuel (born 2003), Filipino teen actor
  • Louise Beavers (1902–1962), African-American film and television actress
  • Louise Bourgoin (born 1981), French actress
  • Louise Brealey (born 1979), English actress
  • Louise Brooks (1906–1985), American silent film actress
  • Louise delos Reyes (born 1992), Filipino actress
  • Louise Fletcher (1934–2022), American actress
  • Louise Gold (born 1956), British actress and puppeteer
  • Luise Gruber (born 1982), Austrian blues singer-songwriter professionally known as Saint Lu
  • Louise Harman (born 1985), British rapper better known as Lady Sovereign
  • Louise Harrison, British actress
  • Louise Jameson (born 1951), British actress
  • Louise Labèque (born 2003), French actress
  • Louise Lasser (born 1939), American actress
  • Louise Linden (1862–1934), American saxophonist
  • Louise Madison (1911–1970), American tap dancer
  • Louise Michaëli (1830–1875), Swedish opera singer
  • Louise Plowright (1956–2016), British actress
  • Luise Rainer (1910–2014), German-Austrian-American actress
  • Louise Redknapp (born 1974), British singer professionally known simply as Louise

Literature

  • Louise Adler (born 1954), Australian publisher and academic
  • Luise Aston (1814–1871), German author
  • Louise Bogan (1897–1970), American poet
  • Louise Bombardier (born 1953), Canadian actress and writer
  • Louise Compain (1869–1941), French feminist author
  • Louise Cooper (fantasy writer) (1952–2009), British writer
  • Louise Erdrich (born 1954), American novelist and poet
  • Louise Flodin (1828–1923), Swedish journalist and publisher
  • Louise E. Francis (1869–1932), American journalist, editor, publisher, and author
  • Louise Glück (1943–2023), American poet and essayist who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature
  • Luise Gottsched (1713–1762), German poet, playwright, essayist, and translator
  • Louise Granberg (1812–1907), Swedish playwright
  • Louise Hay (1926–2017), American motivational author and publisher
  • Luise Hensel (1798–1876), German religious author and poet
  • Louise Herschman Mannheimer (1845–1920), Czech-American writer, poet, school founder, and inventor
  • Louise Manning Hodgkins (1846–1935), American educator, author, and editor
  • Louise Wareham Leonard (born 1965), American author
  • Louise Markscheffel (1857–1911), American journalist, editor, and critic
  • Louise Chandler Moulton (1835–1908), American poet, story-writer, and critic
  • Louise Rennison (1951–2016), English author and comedian
  • Louise Willis Snead (1868–1958), American writer, lecturer, and artist
  • Louise Stockton (1838-1914), American author, journalist, club organizer
  • Luise von Ploennies (1803–1872), German poet
  • Louise Collier Willcox (1865–1929), American author, editor, anthologist, translator, and suffragist

Politics

  • Louise Marcos (born 1959), Filipina lawyer, first lady of the Philippines since 2022, wife of 17th Philippine President Bongbong Marcos
  • Louise Feltham (1935–2020), Canadian politician
  • Louise Hardy (born 1959), Canadian politician
  • Bi-khim Louise Hsiao (born 1971), 13th Vice President of the Republic of China, also known as Hsiao Bi-khim
  • Louise Thibault (born 1946), Canadian politician

Royalty and nobility

Sports

  • Louise Baxter (born 1983), Scottish field hockey defender
  • Louise Brough (1923–2014), American tennis player
  • Louise Carroll (born 1982), Scottish field hockey defender
  • Louise Christie (born 2000), Scottish rhythmic gymnast
  • Louise Cooper, former footballer
  • Luise Krüger (1915–2001), German athlete
  • Louise Lieberman (born 1977), American soccer coach and former player
  • Louise Miller (born 1960), English high jumper
  • Louise Sauvage (born 1973), Australian Paralympic athlete
  • Louise Vanhille (born 1998), French gymnast

Other people

  • Louise Arbour (born 1947), Canadian lawyer and diplomat
  • Louise Archer (1893–1948), American teacher and activist
  • Louise Brown (born 1978), first human to be born after in vitro fertilisation, in the UK
  • Louise Charron (born 1951), Canadian lawyer
  • Louise L. Chase (1840–1906), American social reformer
  • Louise Cooper, British financial analyst
  • Louise de Marillac (1591–1660), French co-founder of the Daughters of Charity and Roman Catholic saint
  • Louise Filion (born 1945), Canadian professor of biogeography
  • Luise Hartnack (1872–1942), German Holocaust victim
  • Luise Hercus (1926–2018), German-born Australian linguist
  • Louise Jensen (died 1994), Danish murder victim
  • Louise Jordan (1908–1966), American petroleum geologist
  • Louise Kessenich-Grafemus (1786–1852), Prussian officer
  • Louise M. Lawson (1855–1951), American temperance activist
  • Louise Macdonald, national director of the Institute of Directors in Scotland
  • Louise Mackay (1904–2001), Australian activist
  • Louise Davis McMahon (1873–1966), American philanthropist
  • Louise O'Sullivan (born 1973), Irish telecommunications executive
  • Louise Odin (1836–1909), Swiss linguist, dialect researcher and author
  • Louise C. Purington (1844-1916), American physician and temperance movement leader
  • Louise Ravelli (born 1963), Australian linguist
  • Louise Signal, New Zealand professor of public health
  • Louise Reed Stowell (1850–1932), American scientist and author
  • Louise van den Plas (1877–1968), Belgian suffragist
  • Louise Adelaide Wolf (1898–1962), American mathematician and university professor

Fictional characters

See also

  • Lois
  • Lovisa
  • Lowiena
  • Marie Louise
  • Mary Louise (name)
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