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Louise (given name) Louise and Luise are, respectively, French and German feminine forms of the given name Louis. Louise has been regularly used as a female name in English speaking countries since the middle of the 19th century. It has ranked among the top 100 names given to girls in France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden and Wales in ...
Luisa ( Italian and Spanish ), Luísa ( Portuguese) or Louise ( French) is a feminine given name; it is the feminine form of the given name Louis ( Luis ), the French form of the Frankish Chlodowig (German Ludwig ), from the Germanic elements hlod "fame" and wig "combat". Variations include Luisinha, Luisella, Luisana, Luisetta, Luigia, Luisel.
The name Louis (through the intermediate form Clovis) derives from the Frankish name ᚺᛚᛟᛞᛟᚹᛁᚷ (in runic alphabet) or * Hlōdowik or * Hlōdowig (in Latin alphabet ). Traditionally, this name is considered to be composed of two elements, deriving from both Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz ("loud, famous") and *wiganą ("to battle, to ...
Louie (given name) Louie is a moderately common given name, related to the more common name Louis. It originated in the United Kingdom (where Louis is pronounced / ˈluːi /) as a more regularly-spelled version without a silent s . In 2011, it was the 74th most common forename for births in England and Wales, with Louis only slightly more ...
Louise most commonly refers to: Louise (given name) Louise or Luise may also refer to: Arts and entertainment. Songs "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929
Eloise is a female given name, the English version of the French name Éloïse or Héloïse.It is of uncertain meaning but may be derived from the Old German name Helewidis , which meant “healthy” and “wide.” [1] The name has increased in usage and ranked among the 100 most popular names for newborn girls in the United States in 2022. [2]
Some Irish-language names derive from English names, e.g. Éamonn from Edmund. Some Irish-language names have English equivalents, both deriving from a common source, e.g Irish Máire (anglicised Maura ), Máirín ( Máire + - ín "a diminutive suffix"; anglicised Maureen) and English Mary all derive from French: Marie, which ultimately derives ...
Lake Louise is a hamlet within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. Named after Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, it lies in Alberta's Rockies on the Bow River, 3 km (1.9 mi) northeast of the lake that shares its name. Initially settled in 1884 as an outpost for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Lake Louise sits at an elevation of 1,600 m ...