Louise (given name)
Louise and Luise are, respectively, French and German feminine forms of 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.
Feminine variants
- Aloisia German, Italian, Spanish
- Aloisie Czech
- Alojza Polish
- Alojzia Hungarian, Slovak
- Alojzija Slovene
- Heloísa Portuguese
- Liudvika Lithuanian
- Lluïsa Catalan
- Loes Dutch
- Lou English, French
- Louella English
- Louisa English
- Louise Danish, Dutch, English, French, Norwegian, Swedish
- Louiza Greek, Kabyle
- Louize ]
- Lova Swedish
- Liisa Finnish, Estonian
- Loviisa Finnish
- Loviise Estonian
- Lovisa Swedish
- Lovise Danish, Norwegian
- Lu English
- Luann English
- Luana English, Portuguese
- Luanne English
- Ludovica Italian, Latin
- Ludwika Polish
- Luella English
- Luigia Italian
- Luigina Italian
- Luísa Portuguese
- Luisa Italian, Spanish, Estonian
- Luise German, Estonian
- Luisella Italian
- Luiza Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Albanian
- Luīze Latvian
- Lujza Hungarian, Slovak
- Lula English
- Lulu English, German
- Ruiha Māori
People with the name
Arts
- Louise Blanchard Bethune, architect
- Louise Bourgeois, French sculptor
- Louise Cotnoir, Canadian writer
- Louise Murray, American local historian and museum director
- Louise Nevelson, American sculptor
- Louise Robert, Canadian painter
Entertainment
- Louise Beavers, African-American film and television actress
- Louise Bourgoin, French actress
- Louise Brealey, English actress
- Louise Brooks, American silent film actress
- Jenna-Louise Coleman, British actress
- Louise Fletcher, American actress
- Louise Gold, British Muppet performer
- Luise Gruber, Austrian blues singer-songwriter, professionally known as Saint Lu
- Louise Harman, real name of Lady Sovereign, British rapper
- Louise Harrison, British actress
- Louise Jameson, British actress
- Louise Lasser, American actress
- Louise Michaëli, opera singer
- Louise Plowright, British actress
- Luise Rainer, German-Austrian-American actress
- Louise Redknapp, British singer
- Mary-Louise Parker, American actress
Literature
- Luise Aston, German author
- Louise Bogan, American poet
- Louise Compain, French feminist author
- Louise Cooper, British writer
- Louise Erdrich, American novelist and poet
- Louise Flodin, Swedish journalist and publisher
- Luise Gottsched, German poet, playwright, essayist, and translator
- Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright
- Louise Hay, American motivational author and publisher
- Luise Hensel, German religious author and poet
- Louise Manning Hodgkins, American educator, author, editor
- Louise Herschman Mannheimer, Czech-American writer, poet, school founder, inventor
- Louise Markscheffel, American journalist, editor, critic
- Louise Chandler Moulton, American poet, story-writer, critic
- Luise von Ploennies, German poet
- Louise Rennison, English author and comedian
- Louise Hammond Willis Snead, American writer, lecturer, artist
Royalty
- Marie Luise von Degenfeld, countess
- Louise of Hesse-Kassel, queen consort to Christian IX of Denmark
- Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the Queen of Prussia
- Louise Mountbatten, the Queen of Sweden
- Louise of Savoy, regent of France
- Archduchess Luise, Princess of Tuscany, the daughter of Ferdinand IV of Tuscany and his second wife Alicia of Parma
- Lady Louise Windsor, youngest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, daughter of her youngest son Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and his wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex
- Märtha Louise of Norway, Princess
- Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
- Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria
Sports
- Vilma Louise Abrahamsson, Swedish football player
- Louise Brough, American tennis player
- Louise Carroll, Scottish field hockey defender
- Luise Krüger, German athlete who competed mainly in the javelin
- Louise Miller, English high jumper
- Louise Mitchell, Australian swimmer
- Louise Munn, Scottish field hockey defender
- Louise Sauvage, Paralympian
- Louise Vanhille, French gymnast
Other
- Louise Alley, American radio personality and advertising executive
- Louise Arbour, Canadian judge and diplomat
- Martha Louise Black, Canadian MP
- Louise Brown, first human to be born after in vitro fertilisation
- Louise Charron, Canadian judge
- Louise Feltham, Canadian MP
- Louise Hardy, Canadian MP
- Louise Jensen, Danish murder victim
- Louise de Marillac, co-founder of the Daughters of Charity and Roman Catholic saint
- Louise O'Sullivan, Irish telecommunications executive
- Louise Ravelli, Australian linguist
- Louise Reed Stowell, American scientist, author
- Louise Thibault, Canadian MP
- Louise van den Plas, Belgian suffragist and founder of the first Christian feminist movement in Belgium
Fictional characters
- Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière, female protagonist in the light novel, anime, and manga series Zero no Tsukaima
- Louise the Lady of Violets, wife of the sage Lord Pent and a character in Fire Emblem
- Louise Halevy, supporting character from the Gundam 00 franchise
- Louise Darling, a friend of Ruby with brown fur in Max and Ruby
- Louise Jefferson, neighbor of Archie Bunker in All in the Family and a main character in the spin-off The Jeffersons
- Louise Mallard, main character from "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
- Louise Brooks, one of the main characters in the BBC sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
- Louise Sidell, the title character's closest friend in the Penny Parker books
- Louise Belcher, one of the main characters in animated sitcom Bob's Burgers
- Louise Grimsley Capice, long running character in the crime/mystery serial The Edge of Night
- Lighthouse Louise, a female Snail from theSpongeBob SquarePants episode Lighthouse Louie, used to be named Louie, but when she revealed that she has newborn baby snails, she's now named Louise
Songs
- "Louise" by The Yardbirds from the album Five Live Yardbirds
- "Louise" by Human League from the album Hysteria
- "Change in Louise" by Joe Cocker from the album With a Little Help from My Friends
- "Jolie Louise" by Daniel Lanois
- "Louise" by Maurice Chevalier
- "Louise, Louisa" by Mew from the album And the Glass Handed Kites
- "Louise" by NOFX from the album Pump Up the Valuum
- "Louise" by Clan of Xymox from the album Medusa
- "Liza and Louise" by NOFX from the album White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean