Louise Forename
703rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,179,829 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Louise 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 ForenameLouise Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 286,075 | 1:1,267 | 278 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 242,359 | 1:305 | 35 |
| England | 100% | 173,227 | 1:321 | 67 |
| France | 100% | 79,309 | 1:838 | 171 |
| Canada | 100% | 57,013 | 1:581 | 124 |
| Australia | - | 33,557 | 1:407 | 83 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 29,793 | 1:725 | 132 |
| Denmark | - | 26,130 | 1:216 | 45 |
| South Africa | 98% | 24,667 | 1:2,211 | 377 |
| Scotland | 100% | 17,827 | 1:300 | 71 |
| Benin | 100% | 17,430 | 1:607 | 90 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 13,778 | 1:825 | 193 |
| Sweden | 100% | 12,056 | 1:818 | 144 |
| Ireland | 100% | 11,239 | 1:413 | 90 |
| Burundi | 100% | 10,862 | 1:912 | 282 |
| Brazil | 100% | 10,819 | 1:19,802 | 1,825 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 9,236 | 1:1,830 | 380 |
| New Zealand | - | 8,213 | 1:552 | 126 |
| Jamaica | - | 8,153 | 1:354 | 53 |
| Wales | 100% | 8,097 | 1:382 | 84 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 7,860 | 1:12,412 | 1,776 |
| Belgium | 100% | 7,298 | 1:1,574 | 362 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 7,255 | 1:3,257 | 735 |
| Haiti | 100% | 6,473 | 1:1,657 | 264 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 4,374 | 1:421 | 100 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4,105 | 1:4,477 | 584 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 3,951 | 1:5,841 | 675 |
| Philippines | 75% | 3,894 | 1:27,224 | 2,513 |
| Congo | 100% | 3,659 | 1:1,369 | 226 |
| Liberia | 99% | 3,646 | 1:1,210 | 220 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3,362 | 1:4,337 | 447 |
| Guinea | 100% | 3,157 | 1:3,756 | 407 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,527 | 1:3,250 | 534 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,364 | 1:40,896 | 1,311 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,337 | 1:29,981 | 3,729 |
| Mali | 100% | 2,043 | 1:8,310 | 724 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,642 | 1:243 | 33 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,632 | 1:18,880 | 2,474 |
| Togo | - | 1,566 | 1:4,623 | 771 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,483 | 1:1,270 | 302 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,236 | 1:11,002 | 1,722 |
| Mauritius | - | 1,005 | 1:1,291 | 207 |
| Malta | - | 926 | 1:464 | 108 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 858 | 1:24,241 | 3,095 |
| Norway | 100% | 845 | 1:6,074 | 669 |
| Ghana | - | 843 | 1:32,012 | 2,007 |
| Nigeria | 86% | 830 | 1:213,933 | 9,050 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 825 | 1:312,683 | 26,908 |
| Kenya | 79% | 771 | 1:60,061 | 3,846 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 696 | 1:10,276 | 1,148 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 642 | 1:16,248 | 1,632 |
| French Polynesia | - | 616 | 1:451 | 81 |
| Zimbabwe | 89% | 595 | 1:25,922 | 2,698 |
| China | - | 560 | 1:2,439,385 | 44,812 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 547 | 1:494 | 121 |
| Israel | 88% | 514 | 1:16,348 | 1,693 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 493 | 1:2,761 | 535 |
| Morocco | 100% | 464 | 1:74,027 | 2,699 |
| Fiji | - | 460 | 1:1,940 | 537 |
| Bangladesh | - | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Egypt | - | 455 | 1:201,980 | 7,440 |
| Spain | 100% | 426 | 1:109,225 | 3,028 |
| Poland | 90% | 424 | 1:89,687 | 2,012 |
| Suriname | 100% | 411 | 1:1,345 | 288 |
| Papua New Guinea | 74% | 406 | 1:20,080 | 2,006 |
| Qatar | 97% | 396 | 1:5,984 | 965 |
| Malaysia | 75% | 395 | 1:77,088 | 5,795 |
| Lebanon | 91% | 369 | 1:15,251 | 1,337 |
| Hong Kong | - | 343 | 1:22,603 | 2,176 |
| Portugal | - | 341 | 1:30,530 | 1,256 |
| Malawi | 100% | 338 | 1:50,628 | 3,385 |
| Jersey | 100% | 294 | 1:340 | 70 |
| Belize | 100% | 277 | 1:1,279 | 277 |
| Samoa | - | 274 | 1:712 | 214 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 266 | 1:2,120 | 329 |
| Uganda | 82% | 265 | 1:154,554 | 5,951 |
| Singapore | 88% | 260 | 1:24,181 | 4,246 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 255 | 1:248 | 61 |
| Greenland | - | 222 | 1:254 | 44 |
| Austria | 100% | 220 | 1:38,701 | 1,303 |
| Italy | 99% | 218 | 1:280,101 | 3,581 |
| Barbados | - | 208 | 1:1,393 | 326 |
| Zambia | - | 194 | 1:81,726 | 4,204 |
| Finland | 100% | 161 | 1:34,057 | 1,440 |
| Vanuatu | - | 159 | 1:1,646 | 442 |
| Swaziland | - | 154 | 1:8,443 | 1,221 |
| India | 85% | 146 | 1:8,321,082 | 266,728 |
| Kuwait | - | 142 | 1:26,657 | 2,664 |
| Bahrain | - | 133 | 1:10,140 | 1,551 |
| Greece | 100% | 131 | 1:83,470 | 2,419 |
| Guam | - | 129 | 1:1,245 | 277 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 129 | 1:851 | 155 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 123 | 1:753 | 173 |
| Japan | - | 115 | 1:1,112,922 | 15,655 |
| Grenada | 100% | 111 | 1:974 | 187 |
| Gibraltar | - | 104 | 1:328 | 66 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 102 | 1:1,743 | 317 |
| Namibia | - | 91 | 1:26,420 | 2,186 |
| Botswana | 50% | 90 | 1:24,272 | 2,834 |
| Bermuda | - | 88 | 1:737 | 152 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 86 | 1:1,812 | 444 |
| Mexico | 98% | 84 | 1:1,477,910 | 10,058 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 82 | 1:1,212 | 251 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 81 | 1:372,863 | 10,977 |
| Guyana | 100% | 70 | 1:10,904 | 1,628 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 70 | 1:1,594 | 296 |
| Panama | 100% | 63 | 1:62,009 | 3,749 |
| Chile | 100% | 62 | 1:283,987 | 4,442 |
| Monaco | 100% | 55 | 1:699 | 138 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 55 | 1:10,563 | 1,047 |
| Russia | 100% | 54 | 1:2,670,995 | 16,227 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 50 | 1:475,394 | 27,449 |
| Sudan | - | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 47 | 1:342,733 | 3,797 |
| Aruba | - | 46 | 1:2,256 | 469 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 45 | 1:1,219 | 275 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 42 | 1:826 | 183 |
| Oman | 100% | 40 | 1:102,717 | 2,879 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 39 | 1:1,572 | 368 |
| South Korea | - | 30 | 1:184,814 | 7,303 |
| Czechia | 96% | 27 | 1:394,673 | 2,241 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 27 | 1:216 | 60 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 27 | 1:1,955,123 | 21,944 |
| Mozambique | - | 25 | 1:1,089,734 | 1,713 |
| Peru | 95% | 25 | 1:1,271,658 | 15,483 |
| Romania | 100% | 25 | 1:802,079 | 20,995 |
| Iceland | 67% | 23 | 1:15,914 | 1,219 |
| Marshall Islands | 87% | 22 | 1:2,329 | 351 |
| Turkey | 100% | 22 | 1:3,536,441 | 18,981 |
| Ecuador | - | 20 | 1:886,346 | 7,318 |
| Iraq | 100% | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Palestine | 100% | 19 | 1:239,477 | 2,496 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 19 | 1:4,874,901 | 3,589 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 18 | 1:1,736 | 389 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 16 | 1:828 | 130 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Niger | 92% | 15 | 1:1,278,933 | 18,398 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 13 | 1:462,949 | 8,230 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Estonia | - | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Honduras | 100% | 11 | 1:801,588 | 9,931 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 10 | 1:476,795 | 7,334 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Cambodia | - | 9 | 1:1,808,148 | 22,232 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 9 | 1:2,017 | 319 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 9 | 1:96,786 | 2,691 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 8 | 1:4,077,940 | 25,891 |
| Colombia | - | 8 | 1:5,972,366 | 31,268 |
| Macau | - | 8 | 1:76,026 | 700 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 8 | 1:79,322 | 2,544 |
| Bolivia | - | 7 | 1:1,514,486 | 3,962 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 7 | 1:12,146 | 242 |
| Dominica | - | 6 | 1:12,578 | 436 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 6 | 1:524 | 108 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 6 | 1:2,957,808 | 19,121 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 6 | 1:591,717 | 4,217 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Algeria | 50% | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Hungary | 90% | 4 | 1:2,447,943 | 4,263 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 3 | 1:12,619 | 697 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,365,080 | 16,011 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Jordan | 55% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,795 | 134 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Louisé (37), Louíse (4), Louîse (2), Louisë (2) & Louisè (1) are calculated separately.
Louise (22,043) may also be a surname.
Louise 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
Properly, the French f. of Louis, but now almost as general as Louisa.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A French name formed from Louis. See Lewis.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Teutonic (feminine) - Hero of the people.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Louise Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 62,489 (2014)
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