Luisa (

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

and

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

), Luísa (

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

) or Louise (

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 Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archai ...

), the French form of the Frankish Chlodowig (German Ludwig), from the Germanic elements ''hlod'' "fame" and ''wig'' "combat". Variations include Luisinha,

Luisella ''Luisella'' is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage ...

, 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 Unite ...

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...

, 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 ''Luisa Miller'' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play ''Kabale und Liebe'' (''Intrigue and Love'') by the German dramatist Friedrich von Schiller. Verdi's initial idea for ...

''.

People with the given name

Luisa

* Luisa Accati (born 1942), Italian historian, anthropologist and feminist public intellectual *

Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi María Luisa Cáceres Díaz de Arismendi (September 25, 1799 – June 2, 1866) was a heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence. The beginning of the war Luisa was born in Caracas, Venezuela, to José Domingo Cáceres and Carmen Díaz, prospe ...

(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 * Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922), Corsican-Puerto Rican writer and anarchist *

Luisa Casati Luisa, Marchesa Casati Stampa di Soncino (born Luisa Adele Rosa Maria Amman; 23 January 1881 – 1 June 1957), was an Italian heiress, muse, and patroness of the arts in early 20th-century Europe. Early life Luisa Adele Rosa Maria Amman was born ...

(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 María Luisa Martín López (born in Madrid on 23 February 1960) is a Spanish actress. Professional career Martín still preserves a photograph that her father José Luis took of her when she was four years old, in which he wrote: "Mi cómica ...

(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 ''hlo ...

(1613–1666), Queen of Portugal * Luisa Menárguez, Spanish harpist and educator *

Luisa Micheletti Luisa Micheletti (born June 23, 1983) is a presenter on MTV Brasil MTV Brasil was a Brazilian Terrestrial television, over-the-air television network owned by Grupo Abril focused on the youth. The network was launched on 20 October 1990, as ...

(born 1983), presenter on MTV Brazil * Luisa Moreno (1907–1992), Guatemalan-American communist and writer * Luisa Morgantini (born 1940), Italian politician, Member of the European Parliament *

Luisa Eugenia Navas Luisa Eugenia Navas Bustamante (27 July 1920 – 18 November 2020) was a Chilean pharmacist and botanist. Life On 9 May 1951 she received a degree in chemistry and pharmacy. That same year she became Assistant Chair of Botany in the School of ...

, Chilean pharmacist and botanist *

Luisa Ottolini Luisa Ottolini (born July 10, 1954, in Tortona, province of Alessandria, Italy) is an Italian physicist. Biography In 1978, Luisa Ottolini graduated in Physics at the University of Pavia. From 1982 to 1986, she was the Head of the Structuristic S ...

(born 1954), Italian physicist *

Luisa Ranieri Luisa Ranieri (born 16 December 1973) is an Italian actress. She has been seen in a number of miniseries on RAI and has appeared in numerous films, including 2004's ''Eros'' and 2021's ''The Hand of God''. ''Callas e Onassis'' Ranieri is best ...

(born 1973), Italian actress *

Luisa Rivelli Luisa Rivelli (10 February 1931 – 12 June 2013) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1951 and 1994. Rivelli died in Guidonia Montecelio on 12 June 2013, at the age of 82. Selected filmography * ''La figlia del diavol ...

(born 1930), Italian film actress *

Luisa Roldán Luisa Ignacia Roldán (8 September 1652 – 10 January 1706), known also as La Roldana, was a Spanish sculptor of the Baroque Era. She is the earliest woman sculptor documented in Spain. Roldán is recognized in the Hispanic Society Museu ...

(1652–1706), Spanish sculptor of the Baroque Era *

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 performan ...

(1923–1986), Spanish actress *

Luisa Tetrazzini Luisa Tetrazzini (June 29, 1871 in Florence – April 28, 1940 in Milan) was an Italian dramatic coloratura soprano of great international fame. Tetrazzini "had a scintillating voice with a brilliant timbre and a range and agility well b ...

(1871–1940), Italian coloratura soprano * Luisa Torsi (born 1964), Italian chemist * Luisa Värk (born 1987), Estonian singer * Luisa Wilson (born 2005), Mexican-Canadian ice hockey player *

Luisa Zissman Luisa Christina Zissman (born Louisa Christina Kalozois; 4 June 1987) is an English retail entrepreneur and reality television personality. She was the runner-up on the ninth series of ''The Apprentice'' and finished fourth on ''Celebrity Big ...

(born 1987), British television personality *

Luisa Stefani Luisa Veras Stefani (born 9 August 1997) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She is the first Brazilian woman to crack the WTA top 10. She made the milestone on 1 November 2021 when she rose two places to world No. 9 in doubles. On 20 M ...

(born 1997) Brazilian professional tennis player

Luisel

Luisel Ramos Luisel Ramos (April 12, 1984 – August 2, 2006) was a Uruguayan model. Biography Ramos was born in La Unión, a middle-class neighborhood in Montevideo, the daughter of former footballer Luis Ramos, who played for the Uruguay national tea ...

(1984-2006), Uruguayan model

Luisana

Luisana Lopilato Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre (born 18 May 1987) is an Argentine actress, model and former singer. She was a member of the pop-rock band Erreway from 2002 to 2004. Early life Lopilato was born to Eduardo Lopilato and Beatriz de la To ...

(born 1987), Argentine actress and model

Fictional characters with the name

* Luisa Alver, a fictional character played by

Yara Martinez Yara Martinez (born August 31, 1979) is an American television actress, born in Puerto Rico, who is best known for her roles as Kelly in '' Hollywood Heights'' and as Dr. Luisa Alver on The CW series '' Jane the Virgin''. Early life Martinez is ...

in the series ''

Jane the Virgin ''Jane the Virgin'' is an American romantic comedy-drama and satirical telenovela developed by Jennie Snyder Urman. The series premiered October 13, 2014, on The CW and concluded on July 31, 2019. It is a loose adaptation of the Venezuelan t ...

'' *Luisa Anselmi, a fictional character played by

Anouk Aimée Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus (born 27 April 1932), known professionally as Anouk Aimée () or Anouk, is a French film actress, who has appeared in 70 films since 1947, having begun her film career at age 14. In her early years, she studi ...

in the 1962 film '' 8½'' *Luisa Contini, a fictional character played by

Marion Cotillard Marion Cotillard (; born 30 September 1975) is a French actress, film producer, singer, and environmentalist who is widely known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters in both European and Hollywood productions. She has received ...

in the 2009 film ''

Nine 9 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 9 or nine may also refer to: Dates * AD 9, the ninth year of the AD era * 9 BC, the ninth year before the AD era * 9, numerical symbol for the month of September Places * Nine, Portugal, a parish in the ...

'' *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 ''Mayans M.C.'' (also known simply as ''Mayans'') is an American crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter and Elgin James, that premiered on September 4, 2018, on FX. The show takes place in the same fictional universe as ''Sons o ...

'' *Luisa Madrigal, a fictional character played by Jessica Darrow in the Disney film '' Encanto''

Other uses

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'' is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi * Luisa was

Giovanni da Verrazzano Giovanni da Verrazzano ( , , often misspelled Verrazano in English; 1485–1528) was an Italian ( Florentine) explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France. He is renowned as the first European to explore the Atlanti ...

'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 Washingto ...

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 Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (25 January 1927 – 8 December 1994), also known as Tom Jobim (), was a Brazilian composer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and singer. Considered one of the great exponents of Brazilian mu ...

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