Luisa (Italian language, Italian and Spanish language, Spanish), Luísa (Portuguese language, Portuguese) or Louise (given name), Louise (French language, French) is a feminine given name; it is the feminine form of the given name Louis (given name), Louis (Luis), the French form of the Frankish Clovis (given name), Chlodowig (German Ludwig (given name), Ludwig), from the Germanic name, 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 of Paris, and from Giuseppe Verdi'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 (born 1975), English actress *Luisa María Calderón (born 1965), Mexican politician *Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922), Corsican-Puerto Rican writer and anarchist *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 *Loi Estrada, 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 (1613–1666), Queen of Portugal *Luisa Menárguez, Spanish harpist and educator *Luisa Micheletti (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, Chilean pharmacist and botanist *Luisa Ottolini (born 1954), Italian physicist *Luisa Ranieri (born 1973), Italian actress *Luisa Rivelli (born 1930), Italian film actress *Luisa Roldán (1652–1706), Spanish sculptor of the Baroque Era *Luisa Rossi (1925–1984), Italian actress *Luisa Sala (1923–1986), Spanish actress *Luisa Tetrazzini (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 (born 1987), British television personality *Luisa Stefani (born 1997) Brazilian professional tennis player

Luisel

*Luisel Ramos (1984-2006), Uruguayan model

Luisana

*Luisana Lopilato (born 1987), Argentine actress and model

Fictional characters with the name

*List of Jane the Virgin characters#Luisa Alver, 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 (2009 live-action film), Nine'' *Luisa "Adelita" Espina, a fictional character played by Carla Baratta 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 * Luisa Piccarreta 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 {{given name Italian feminine given names Portuguese feminine given names Spanish feminine given names