Louise

== English == === Etymology === From French Louise, the feminine form of Louis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /luːˈiːz/ (placename) IPA(key): /ləˈwiːz/ Rhymes: -iːz === Proper noun === Louise A female given name from 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 A municipality of Manitoba, 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 ==== Lake Louise ==== Related terms ==== Lou, Louie, Louisa, Lula, Lulu ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === louies == Danish == === Etymology === From French Louise. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /luiːsə/, [luˈiːsə] === Proper noun === Louise a female given name ==== Related terms ==== Lovise === References === [1] 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 French Louise. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Louise a female given name ==== Related terms ==== Louis == French == === Etymology === From Louis +‎ -e. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lwiz/ === Proper noun === Louise f a female given name, masculine equivalent Louis ==== Related terms ==== Marie-Louise == German == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iːzə === Proper noun === Louise f a female given name from French Louise, variant of Luise == Norwegian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Louise. === Proper noun === Louise a female given name == Swedish == === Etymology === From French Louise. First recorded in Sweden in 1698. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Louise c (genitive Louises) a female given name ==== Related terms ==== Lovisa === References === Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: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.