Given name & surname
Luisa
“a famous warrior”
Luisa is a variant of Louise. In German use, Louise carries the interpretation “a famous warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Luisa is a variant of Louise. In German use, Louise carries the interpretation “a famous warrior.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Luisa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14,405
- 33 boys · 14,372 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 319 babies
- 2025
- 294
- #903 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +24%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 294 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 903 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 24.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (51). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 32,462 as a first name in 2020; 202 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.
Luisa’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Luisa has a diminutive in ISAY. Luisa is a feminine form of Luis. Luisa has a related form in Louise.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Luisa has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Old French roots to each of them.
11 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Luismasculine form
- Louisacognate · Dutch, French
- LuizaPolish
- Luiseequivalent
- Lluïsaequivalent
- Loisaequivalent
- Луизаequivalent
- ΛουίζαGreek
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Luisa
- Maria Luisa of ParmaQueen consort of Spain (1751-1819)
- Luisa NeubauerGerman climate activistborn 1996
- Princess Luisa of Naples and SicilyPrincess of Naples and Sicily (1773-1802)
- Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Siciliessecond child of King Francis I and María Isabella of Spain (1804-1844)
- Luisa de GuzmánDuchess of Braganza; Queen consort of Portugal (1613-1666)
- Luisa StefaniBrazilian tennis playerborn 1997
- Luisa CuestaUruguayan human rights activist1925–2018
- Luisa ValenzuelaArgentine writerborn 1938
- Luisa TetrazziniItalian opera singer (1871-1940)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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