Louise
proper noun
- female given name
- family name
- place name
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /luːˈiːz/ / /ləˈwiːz/
name
Etymology: From French Louise, the feminine form of Louis.
- A female given name from French.
“Louise, thy stately name sounds in my ear / Like a sea wave, that gathering, hill on hill, / Upon the blue horizon, smooth and still, / Sweeps to the shore”
“That's what I baptized her. Mary Louise. Everybody else called her just plain Mary, but that wasn't the way I intended it. I intended it Mary Louise. That's a pretty name, isn't it? Mary Louise. Mary is too...plain?”
- A municipality of Manitoba, Canada.