Louisa
[luːˈiːzə]Meaning
Latinate feminine form of Louis
Background Story
Louisa is the Latinate feminine form of Louis, formed from the Germanic roots hlud, hlut and wig. It is used in Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Māori, and in Indonesian it is borrowed from English. Variants of the name are Louise and Luise, and the masculine forms include Lewis and Louis.
Variations
Louise, Luisa
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