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Louise and Luise are, respectively, French and German feminine forms of the given name 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.
Luisa (Italian and Spanish), Luísa or Louise is a feminine given name; it is the feminine form of the given name Louis , the French form of the Frankish Chlodowig (German Ludwig), from the Germanic elements hlod "fame" and wig "combat". Variations include Luisinha, Luisella, Luisana, Luisetta, Luigia, Luisel.
Louie is a moderately common given name, related to the more common name Louis. It originated in the United Kingdom (where Louis is pronounced / ˈ l uː i /) as a more regularly-spelled version without a silent s . In 2011, it was the 74th most common forename for births in England and Wales, with Louis only slightly more common at 68th. [1]
Traditionally, this name is considered to be composed of two elements, deriving from both Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz ("loud, famous") and *wiganą ("to battle, to fight") respectively, resulting in the traditional practice of translating Clovis' name as meaning "famous warrior" or "famous in battle". [2]
Louise (given name) Louise or Luise may also refer to: Arts and entertainment. Songs "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 ...
The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally.Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends, or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population.
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Some names are recent creations, such as the now-common female names Saoirse "freedom" and Aisling "vision, dream". Some English-language names are anglicisations of Irish names, e.g. Kathleen from Caitlín and Shaun from Seán. Some Irish-language names derive from English names, e.g. Éamonn from Edmund.