Louise

louise English Municipality of + Etymology en ine-pro *ḱlew- *weyk- contain From en fr Louise, the feminine form of fr Louis. Pronunciation en /luːˈiːz/ en /ləˈwiːz/ placename en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Louise.wav Southern England en iːz 2 Proper noun en female French. 1890 Arthur Weir, John Arthur Lockhart: The Romance of Sir Richard. Published by William Drysdale&Co. page 83: 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 en 1957 w:Ed McBain The Con Man 47 Armchair Detective Library 1991 0922890935 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? en 1991 Emily Ellison The Picture Makers G.K.Hall 0816151660 111 I've always thought I was too large for a soft, musical name like Louise, too untidy. en municipality p/Manitoba c/Canada. Usage notes Used in English since the seventeenth century, more in the UK than in the US. A common middle name today. Derived terms en Lake Louise Marylouise Thelma and Louise Related terms en Lou, en Louie, en Louisa, en Lula, en Lulu Translations feminine form of Louis Asturian: ast Lluisa Catalan: ca Lluïsa Danish: da Louise Finnish: fi Loviisa French: fr Louise German: de Luise Irish: ga Laoise Italian: it Luisa Latvian: lv Lavīze f, lv Luīze f Māori: mi Ruiha, mi Ruihi Norman: nrf Louiseu f Norwegian: no Lovise Polish: pl Luiza f Portuguese: pt Luísa f Romanian: ro Luiza Russian: ru Луи́за f, ru Луи́з f Spanish: es Luisa Swedish: sv Lovisa, sv Louise c Anagrams en eilosu louies Danish Etymology From da fr Louise. Pronunciation da /luiːsə/ [luˈiːsə] Proper noun da proper noun da female Related terms da Lovise References Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 51 558 females with the given name Louise have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011. Dutch Etymology Borrowed from nl fr Louise. Pronunciation nl Nl-Louise.ogg Proper noun nl proper noun nl female Related terms nl Louis French Etymology fr :af Louis -e From fr Louis -e. Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Louise.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>) Proper noun f fr female Louis Related terms fr Marie-Louise German Pronunciation de iːzə 3 Proper noun de proper noun f de female fr:Louise Luise Norwegian Etymology Borrowed from no fr Louise. Proper noun no proper noun no female Swedish Etymology From sv fr Louise. First recorded in Sweden in 1698. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Louise.wav Proper noun c sv female Related terms sv Lovisa References Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0 Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622:52 540 females with the given name Louise living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on May 19th, 2011.