Louisa

/luːˈiːzə/

Louisa proper noun: a female given name from the Germanic languages, a latinized form of Louise used since the eighteenth century.

Proper noun

Louisa

A female given name from the Germanic languages, a latinized form of Louise used since the eighteenth century.
- But certainly there are some names which seem to belong to particular classes of character, to form the mind and even influence the destiny: Louisa, now; - is not your Louisa necessarily a die-away damsel, who reads novels, and holds her head on one side, languishing and given to love!1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names
- On being told that Mrs. Bounderby was there, she replied, at cross-purposes, that she had never called him by that name since he married Louisa; that pending her choice of an objectionable name, she had called him J; and that she could not at present depart from that regulation, not being yet...1854, Charles Dickens, Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC
A ghost town in California.
A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Kentucky, adjacent to Fort Gay, West Virginia.
A town, the county seat of Louisa County, Virginia, United States.

What does Louisa mean?: Louisa means a female given name from the Germanic languages, a latinized form of Louise used since the eighteenth century.
What part of speech is Louisa?: Louisa is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Louisa?: Louisa is pronounced /luːˈiːzə/.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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