Louisa Forename
8,116th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 128,282 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Samoa
Louisa Forename Definition:
A female name. Louise is the French f. of Louis (see Lewis) and was not used in England before the 17th C. The earliest example noted is Luese Bencon 1646. Louisa was the usual form in the 18th C, when the name became a popular one. Louisa, Countess of Berkeley (b.
Read More About This ForenameLouisa Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 100% | 25,971 | 1:2,100 | 350 |
| England | 100% | 18,679 | 1:2,977 | 417 |
| United States | 100% | 16,263 | 1:22,292 | 1,725 |
| Ghana | 100% | 9,495 | 1:2,842 | 439 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 8,494 | 1:20,905 | 2,111 |
| Belgium | 100% | 6,737 | 1:1,706 | 390 |
| Algeria | 100% | 6,552 | 1:5,827 | 631 |
| France | 100% | 5,029 | 1:13,217 | 753 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 3,239 | 1:22,793 | 1,833 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,516 | 1:13,169 | 1,404 |
| Australia | - | 1,909 | 1:7,154 | 800 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,514 | 1:3,534 | 404 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,367 | 1:188,708 | 18,481 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,302 | 1:12,982 | 1,429 |
| Malawi | 95% | 1,121 | 1:15,265 | 1,497 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 1,019 | 1:8,000 | 825 |
| New Zealand | - | 989 | 1:4,586 | 662 |
| Jamaica | - | 919 | 1:3,137 | 615 |
| Congo | 100% | 785 | 1:6,381 | 886 |
| Samoa | - | 776 | 1:252 | 45 |
| Germany | 100% | 708 | 1:136,551 | 2,520 |
| Wales | 100% | 682 | 1:4,537 | 567 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 662 | 1:8,501 | 950 |
| Philippines | 100% | 627 | 1:169,074 | 7,932 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 526 | 1:57,890 | 4,610 |
| India | 100% | 508 | 1:2,391,492 | 117,594 |
| Haiti | 100% | 482 | 1:22,255 | 1,814 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 451 | 1:34,199 | 3,294 |
| Kenya | 100% | 444 | 1:104,295 | 5,392 |
| Hong Kong | - | 434 | 1:17,863 | 2,047 |
| Denmark | - | 401 | 1:14,089 | 1,006 |
| Thailand | 100% | 376 | 1:186,345 | 12,641 |
| Fiji | - | 374 | 1:2,386 | 670 |
| China | - | 362 | 1:3,773,635 | 51,281 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 351 | 1:3,879 | 721 |
| Vanuatu | - | 318 | 1:823 | 223 |
| Ireland | 100% | 309 | 1:15,028 | 878 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 294 | 1:73,505 | 4,247 |
| Gabon | 100% | 281 | 1:6,702 | 1,252 |
| Zambia | - | 278 | 1:57,032 | 3,409 |
| Namibia | - | 276 | 1:8,711 | 1,078 |
| Sweden | 100% | 238 | 1:41,420 | 2,314 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 227 | 1:36,183 | 1,871 |
| Burkina Faso | 98% | 200 | 1:91,897 | 5,133 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 183 | 1:10,072 | 768 |
| Israel | 100% | 165 | 1:50,927 | 3,129 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 160 | 1:329,927 | 11,076 |
| Kuwait | - | 142 | 1:26,657 | 2,664 |
| Liberia | 100% | 134 | 1:32,926 | 1,963 |
| Guyana | 100% | 129 | 1:5,917 | 1,031 |
| Grenada | 99% | 127 | 1:851 | 152 |
| Brazil | 100% | 126 | 1:1,700,287 | 37,803 |
| Malta | - | 119 | 1:3,608 | 560 |
| Senegal | 100% | 106 | 1:137,560 | 3,356 |
| Belize | 100% | 102 | 1:3,474 | 771 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 99 | 1:1,004 | 181 |
| Singapore | 100% | 98 | 1:64,154 | 6,886 |
| Egypt | - | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 86 | 1:121,294 | 5,870 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 79 | 1:7,354 | 792 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Spain | 100% | 76 | 1:612,236 | 7,010 |
| Suriname | 100% | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Qatar | 100% | 64 | 1:37,025 | 4,951 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 64 | 1:2,778 | 520 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Greece | 100% | 59 | 1:185,331 | 3,902 |
| Guam | - | 59 | 1:2,723 | 552 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| French Polynesia | - | 54 | 1:5,146 | 841 |
| Iraq | 100% | 53 | 1:660,714 | 6,510 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 52 | 1:1,782 | 417 |
| Jordan | 98% | 49 | 1:180,138 | 2,556 |
| Romania | 100% | 48 | 1:417,750 | 11,860 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 45 | 1:403 | 57 |
| Uganda | 100% | 43 | 1:952,487 | 16,908 |
| Aruba | - | 38 | 1:2,731 | 559 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 38 | 1:2,888 | 545 |
| Russia | 100% | 36 | 1:4,006,492 | 21,115 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 35 | 1:7,719 | 883 |
| Lesotho | 96% | 34 | 1:60,000 | 6,020 |
| Czechia | 100% | 32 | 1:333,005 | 2,071 |
| Jersey | - | 31 | 1:3,225 | 462 |
| Norway | 100% | 31 | 1:165,559 | 4,446 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 30 | 1:792,323 | 34,623 |
| Italy | 100% | 29 | 1:2,105,589 | 14,372 |
| Barbados | - | 26 | 1:11,146 | 1,138 |
| Madagascar | - | 25 | 1:945,176 | 2,170 |
| Mexico | 100% | 25 | 1:4,965,777 | 20,003 |
| Nauru | 100% | 25 | 1:477 | 54 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 23 | 1:1,418,414 | 14,886 |
| Botswana | 100% | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 18 | 1:31,336 | 1,560 |
| Macau | - | 18 | 1:33,789 | 454 |
| Palestine | 100% | 18 | 1:252,781 | 2,534 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 18 | 1:3,048 | 632 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 17 | 1:2,890 | 554 |
| Panama | 100% | 17 | 1:229,797 | 8,406 |
| Guernsey | - | 16 | 1:3,958 | 490 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Curaçao | - | 13 | 1:11,985 | 645 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 13 | 1:14,950,591 | 86,698 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 13 | 1:550,153 | 19,206 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 12 | 1:9,298 | 1,351 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Iceland | 100% | 11 | 1:33,274 | 2,039 |
| Oman | - | 10 | 1:410,867 | 4,770 |
| Peru | 100% | 10 | 1:3,179,145 | 27,401 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 10 | 1:3,020,189 | 47,166 |
| Chile | 100% | 9 | 1:1,956,356 | 13,525 |
| Finland | 90% | 9 | 1:609,243 | 6,562 |
| Morocco | 100% | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 8 | 1:2,218,356 | 16,526 |
| Dominica | - | 7 | 1:10,782 | 397 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 7 | 1:3,296,562 | 60,611 |
| Marshall Islands | 83% | 7 | 1:7,319 | 1,092 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Austria | 100% | 5 | 1:1,702,840 | 9,344 |
| Ecuador | - | 5 | 1:3,545,384 | 15,000 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 5 | 1:17,005 | 327 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Louisà (1) are calculated separately.
Louisa (651) may also be a surname.
Louisa Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Louise is the French f. of Louis (see Lewis) and was not used in England before the 17th C. The earliest example noted is Luese Bencon 1646. Louisa was the usual form in the 18th C, when the name became a popular one. Louisa, Countess of Berkeley (b. 1694), g.d. of Louise de Keroual and Charles II, is sometimes referred to in contemporary records as Lewes.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
The English (a la Latin) f. of the preceding.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A comparatively modern name formed from Lewis, q. v.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Teutonic (feminine) - Hero of the people.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Teutonic name, meaning: Heroine of war.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
It is a feminine name, which means 'famous warrior' or (warrior made out of lights). Mostly common in Portugal or Brazil.
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