Louise

Etymology

From French Louise, the feminine form of Louis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːˈiːz/, /ləˈwiːz/
• Rhymes: -iːz

Proper noun

Louise

1. A female given name.
   • 1890 Arthur Weir, John Arthur Lockhart: The Romance of Sir Richard. Published by William Drysdale&Co. page 83:

     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

   • 1957 Ed McBain, The Con Man, Armchair Detective Library (1991), →ISBN, page 47:

     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?

   • 1991 Emily Ellison, The Picture Makers, G.K.Hall, →ISBN, page 111:

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

2. a municipality in Manitoba, Canada.

Anagrams

• louies

Etymology

From French Louise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luiːsə/, [luˈiːsə]

Proper noun

Louise

1. A female given name.

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 51 558 females with the given name Louise have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lwiz/

Proper noun

Louise f

1. A female given name, feminine form of Louis.

Etymology

As given below.

Proper noun

Louise

1. A female given name borrowed from French Louise.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Louise.

Proper noun

Louise

1. A female given name

Etymology

From French Louise. First recorded in Sweden in 1698.

Proper noun

Louise c (genitive Louises)

1. A female given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN:52 540 females with the given name Louise living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on May 19th, 2011.