Louisa: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced loo-EE-zuh · 3 syllables

Louisa means “loud; famous; battle”, from Germanic.

A given name from the Germanic languages, a latinized form of Louise used since the eighteenth century.

How popular is Louisa?

Louisa was the #694 name in the US in 2025, given to 407 babies. It’s rising: up 52% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1880.

Babies named Louisa in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1880).

Half of US adults named Louisa are older than 52; most are between 20 and 83. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Louisa have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Louisa means “loud; famous; battle”. It comes from Germanic.

Louisa is pronounced loo-EE-zuh.

Louisa was the #694 name in the US in 2025, given to 407 babies. It’s rising: up 52% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1880.

Half of US adults named Louisa are older than 52. Most are between 20 and 83.