Given name & surname
Lovisa
“a famous warrior”
Lovisa is a Latinate form of Louise. In German use, Louise carries the interpretation “a famous warrior.”
Original FrenchLouisa
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lovisa is a Latinate form of Louise. In German use, Louise carries the interpretation “a famous warrior.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Lovisa is used as a form of Louise.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lovisa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 69
- 0 boys · 69 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,515 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,515 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 185 as a first name in 2020; 136 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lovisa’s family of names
Lovisa has an affectionate form in Lova. Lovisa shares a linguistic root with Louisa. Lovisa has a related form in Louise.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lovisa has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Frenchwhere Lovisa comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lovisa
- Louise of SwedenQueen consort of Denmark; wife of Frederick VIII of Denmark1851–1926
- Lovisa ÅhrbergFirst recognised female doctor in Sweden (1801-1881)
- Lovisa LindhSwedish middle-distance runnerborn 1991
- Lovisa KarlssonSwedish competitive sailor (born 1995)
- Lovisa von BurghausenSwedish writer of Baltic German origin (1698–1733)
- Lovisa Augustisinger (1756-1790)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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