Luisa (
Italian and
Spanish), Luísa (
Portuguese) or
Louise
Louise or Luise may refer to:
* Louise (given name)
Arts Songs
* "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005
* "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984
* "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013
* "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929
*"Louise", by Clan of ...
(
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
) 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
Ludwig may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Ludwig (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Ludwig (surname), including a list of people
* Ludwig Ahgren, or simply Ludwig, American YouTube live streamer and co ...
), from the
Germanic elements ''hlod'' "fame" and ''wig'' "combat".
Variations include Luisinha,
Luisella, Luisana,
Luisetta,
Luigia, Luisel.
Its popularity derives from the cult of
Saint Louise de Marillac
Louise de Marillac , also Louise Le Gras, (August 12, 1591 – March 15, 1660) was the co-founder, with Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of Charity. She is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and the Episcopal Church in the United S ...
of
Paris, and from
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...
's opera ''
Luisa Miller''.
People with the given name
Luisa
*
Luisa Accati (born 1942), Italian historian, anthropologist and feminist public intellectual
*
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi (1799–1866), heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence
*
Luisa Baldini, Anglo-Italian news reporter and presenter, presently working for BBC News
*
Luisa Bradshaw-White
Luisa Bradshaw-White (born 9 December 1974) is a former English actress, known for playing Tina Carter in ''EastEnders'' and for her previous roles on '' Bad Girls'', ''Holby City'' and '' This Life''. She has also made appearances in television ...
(born 1975), English actress
*
Luisa María Calderón (born 1965), Mexican politician
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Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922), Corsican-Puerto Rican writer and anarchist
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Luisa Casati (1881–1957), Italian artists' model
*
Luisa Castro (born 1966), Spanish poet and writer
*
Luísa Diogo (born 1958), Mozambican politician, Prime Minister of Mozambique from February 2004 to December 2010
*
Luisa DiPietro, faculty member at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry
*
Luisa Durán (born 1941), former First Lady of Chile, the wife of Chile Ricardo Lagos
*
Luisa "Loi" Ejercito Estrada (born 1930), Filipino politician
*
Luisa Ferida (1914–1945), Italian stage and motion picture actress
*
Luisa Görlich (born 1998), German ski jumper
*
Luisa Martín (born 1960), Spanish actress
*
Luisa of Medina-Sidonia 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 ...
(1613–1666), Queen of Portugal
*
Luisa Menárguez
Luisa Menárguez was a Spanish harpist and educator, who taught several of the world's premier harpists of modern times, including her grand-niece, Marisa Robles, Nicanor Zabaleta
Nicanor Zabaleta (January 7, 1907 – April 1, 1993) was a S ...
, Spanish harpist and educator
*
Luisa Micheletti
Luisa Micheletti (born June 23, 1983) is a presenter on MTV Brasil. She is from an Italian-Brazilian
Italian Brazilians ( it, italo-brasiliani, pt, ítalo-brasileiros) are Brazilians of full or partial Italian descent. Italian Brazilians are ...
(born 1983), presenter on MTV Brazil
*
Luisa Moreno (1907–1992), Guatemalan-American communist and writer
*
Luisa Morgantini
Luisa Morgantini (born 5 November 1940 in Villadossola) is an Italian former Member of the European Parliament. She was elected as independent with the Communist Refoundation Party ticket and sat with the European United Left - Nordic Green Left ...
(born 1940), Italian politician, Member of the European Parliament
*
Luisa Eugenia Navas, Chilean pharmacist and botanist
*
Luisa Ottolini (born 1954), Italian physicist
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Luisa Ranieri (born 1973), Italian actress
*
Luisa Rivelli (born 1930), Italian film actress
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Luisa Roldán (1652–1706), Spanish sculptor of the Baroque Era
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Luisa Rossi
Luisa Rossi (26 January 1925 – 23 May 1984) was an Italian actress. She appeared in 25 films between 1941 and 1978.
Born in Milan, Rossi debuted at young age in a significant role in Mario Mattoli's ''Ho tanta voglia di cantare'' (1943). In ...
(1925–1984), Italian actress
*
Luisa Sala
Luisa Sala (7 July 192316 June 1986) was a distinguished actress of stage, film and television from the 1950s until her death.
She was born on 7 July 1923 in Madrid, Spain. She was the New York Times' "Critic's Pick" in 1965 for her performance ...
(1923–1986), Spanish actress
*
Luisa Tetrazzini (1871–1940), Italian coloratura soprano
*
Luisa Torsi
Luisa Torsi (born 1964) is an Italian chemist who is a professor at the Università degli Studi di Bari. She was the first woman to serve as President of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS). In 2019 she was named by the International ...
(born 1964), Italian chemist
*
Luisa Värk (born 1987), Estonian singer
*
Luisa Wilson
Luisa Wilson San Román (born 5 August 2005) is a Mexican ice hockey player who plays in the U18 AA league (see junior ice hockey) of the Ontario Women's Hockey Association (OWHL) with the North York Storm Prep U18 AA in the North York district ...
(born 2005), Mexican-Canadian ice hockey player
*
Luisa Zissman (born 1987), British television personality
*
Luisa Stefani (born 1997) Brazilian professional tennis player
Luisel
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Luisel Ramos (1984-2006), Uruguayan model
Luisana
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Luisana Lopilato (born 1987), Argentine actress and model
Fictional characters with the name
*
Luisa Alver, a fictional character played by
Yara Martinez in the series ''
Jane the Virgin''
*Luisa Anselmi, a fictional character played by
Anouk Aimée in the 1962 film ''
8½''
*Luisa Contini, a fictional character played by
Marion Cotillard in the 2009 film ''
Nine''
*Luisa "Adelita" Espina, a fictional character played by
Carla Baratta
Carla Baratta Sarcinelli (born 9 July 1990) is a Venezuelan actress, model, and artist. She is most well known for being the star of the digital series ''Bleep'', broadcast by the mobile phone company Digitel GSM. Since she was young, she has s ...
in the series ''
Mayans MC''
*Luisa Madrigal, a fictional character played by Jessica Darrow in the Disney film ''
Encanto''
Other uses
* ''
Luisa Miller'' is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi
* Luisa was
Giovanni da Verrazzano's name for
Block Island
Block Island is an island in the U.S. state of Rhode Island located in Block Island Sound approximately south of the mainland and east of Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, named after Dutch explorer Adriaen Block. It is part of Washingt ...
*
Luisa Piccarreta
Luisa Piccarreta, (23 April 1865–4 March 1947) now a Servant of God and also known as the "Little Daughter of the Divine Will", was a Catholic mystic and author whose spirituality centred on union with the Will of God.
For some time, her ...
also known as "Little Daughter of the Divine Will" is a proposed Roman Catholic saint
* "Luísa" is a song composed by Tom Jobim
Antônio Carlos Jobim
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