Given name & surname
Luise
“a famous warrior”
In German use, Luise has a related form in Louise. In German use, Louise carries the interpretation “a famous warrior.”
Original GermanLouise
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Luise has a related form in Louise. In German use, Louise carries the interpretation “a famous warrior.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German use, Luise is used as a form of Louise.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Luise through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 586
- 5 boys · 581 girls
- Most popular year
- 1937
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 1937. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,222 as a first name in 2020; 206 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.
Luise’s family of names
Luise has an affectionate form in Lulu. Luise shares a linguistic root with Louisa. In German usage, Luise has a related form in Louise.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Luise
- Luise RainerGerman-born actress (1910–2014)
- Louisa Ulrika of PrussiaSwedish queen (1720-1782)
- Princess Louise of Prussiayoungest daughter and eighth child of Frederick William III of Prussia (1808–1870)
- Princess Louise Margaret of PrussiaPrussian and British Royal1860–1917
- Princess Louise Amelie of BadenPrincess of Vasa (1811-1854)
- Luise RinserGerman writer (1911–2002)
- Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussiadaughter of Frederick I of Prussia and Elisabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel1680–1705
- Countess Louise Juliana of NassauElectress Palatine (1576-1644)
- Luise FleckAustrian film director, screenwriter, film producer (1873–1950)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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