Louise en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /luːˈiːz/
- /ləˈwiːz/ placename
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From French Louise, the feminine form of Louis.
Meanings
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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: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: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
- A municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
Deriveds
Thelma and Louise · Marylouise · Lake Louise
Relateds
Louie · Lula · Louisa · Lou · Lulu
Translations (22)
mi Ruiha (feminine form of Louis) · fr Louise (feminine form of Louis) · es Luisa (feminine form of Louis) · sv Lovisa (feminine form of Louis) · ast Lluisa (feminine form of Louis) · ga Laoise (feminine form of Louis) · pl Luiza (feminine form of Louis) · pt Luísa (feminine form of Louis) · lv Luīze (feminine form of Louis) · nrf Louiseu (feminine form of Louis) · fi Loviisa (feminine form of Louis) · no Lovise (feminine form of Louis) · ru Луи́з (feminine form of Louis) · ru Луи́за (feminine form of Louis) · ca Lluïsa (feminine form of Louis) · sv Louise (feminine form of Louis) · da Louise (feminine form of Louis) · mi Ruihi (feminine form of Louis) · de Luise (feminine form of Louis) · ro Luiza (feminine form of Louis) · lv Lavīze (feminine form of Louis) · it Luisa (feminine form of Louis)