Louisa

Where Louisa comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Louisa.

  • Germanic
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Louisa through the years
  1. 1775
    Louisa Adams born
    First Lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829
  2. 1832
    Louisa May Alcott born
    American novelist
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #130 among girls, with 126 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1881
    Peak, #119
    142 babies named Louisa, its best rank.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages, a latinized form of Louise used since the eighteenth century.
Namesakes
  • Louisa May Alcott · American novelist, 1832–1888
  • Louisa Adams · First Lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829, 1775–1852
  • Louisa Necib Cadamuro · French footballer, born 1987
  • Louisa Hanoune · Algerian politician, born 1954
  • Louisa Maria Stuart · British princess, 1692–1712

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.