Meanings
- 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 1112 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 83That'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 - A municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
Origin
- FrenchLouise
- EnglishLouise
From French Louise, the feminine form of Louis.
More words from French
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
Cite this entry
Louise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Louise
“Louise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Louise. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Louise,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Louise.
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