Louise

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/luːˈiːz//ləˈwiːz/

proper noun

A female given name from French.

CommonScrabble 6

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from French.

    I've always thought I was too large for a soft, musical name like Louise, too untidy.

    1991, Emily Ellison, The Picture Makers, G.K.Hall, →ISBN, page 111
    2 more examples

    Louise, thy stately name sounds in my ear / Like a sea wave, that gathering, hill on hill, / Upon the blue horizon, smooth and still, / Sweeps to the shore

    1890 Arthur Weir, John Arthur Lockhart: The Romance of Sir Richard. Published by William Drysdale&Co. page 83

    That's what I baptized her. Mary Louise. Everybody else called her just plain Mary, but that wasn't the way I intended it. I intended it Mary Louise. That's a pretty name, isn't it? Mary Louise. Mary is too...plain?

    1957, Ed McBain, The Con Man, Armchair Detective Library, published 1991, →ISBN, page 47

Origin

  1. FrenchLouise
  2. EnglishLouise

From French Louise, the feminine form of Louis.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan Lluïsa
  • Lluïsafeminine form of Louis
Danish Louise
  • Louisefeminine form of Louis
Finnish Loviisa
  • Loviisafeminine form of Louis
French Louise
  • Louisefeminine form of Louis
German Luise
  • Luisefeminine form of Louis
Irish Laoise
  • Laoisefeminine form of Louis
Italian Luisa
  • Luisafeminine form of Louis
Latvian Lavīze, Luīze
  • Lavīzefeminine form of Louis
  • Luīzefeminine form of Louis
Māori Ruiha, Ruihi
  • Ruihafeminine form of Louis
  • Ruihifeminine form of Louis
Norwegian Lovise
  • Lovisefeminine form of Louis
Polish Luiza
  • Luizafeminine form of Louis
Portuguese Luísa
  • Luísafeminine form of Louis
Romanian Luiza
  • Luizafeminine form of Louis
Russian Луи́за, Луи́з
  • Луи́за (Luíza)feminine form of Louis
  • Луи́з (Luíz)feminine form of Louis
Spanish Luisa
  • Luisafeminine form of Louis
Swedish Lovisa, Louise
  • Lovisafeminine form of Louis
  • Louisefeminine form of Louis

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Louise

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Cite this entry
APA

Louise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Louise

MLA

“Louise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Louise. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Louise,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Louise.

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