Louisa

Where Louisa comes from

The dictionaries list Louisa as a given name — a female given name from the Germanic languages, a latinized form of Louise used since the eighteenth century — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Germanic
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1775
    Louisa Adams born
    First Lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829
  2. 1832
    Louisa May Alcott born
    American novelist
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #130 among girls — 126 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1881
    Peak, #119
    142 babies named Louisa — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages, a latinized form of Louise used since the eighteenth century.
Namesakes
  • Louisa May Alcott · American novelist, 1832–1888
  • Louisa Adams · First Lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829, 1775–1852
  • Louisa Necib Cadamuro · French footballer, born 1987
  • Louisa Hanoune · Algerian politician, born 1954
  • Louisa Maria Stuart · British princess, 1692–1712

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.