Louisiana

Where Louisiana comes from

Borrowed from French Louisiane, named for King Louis XIV of France.
— Wiktionary's entry for Louisiana
  • 5 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1886
    Debut at its peak, #897
    #897 among girls with 7 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1960
    Louisiana Bendolph born
    African American artist
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Louisiana Bendolph · African American artist, born 1960

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.