Louise (given name) definition

Used in English since the seventeenth century, more in the U.K. than in the U.S.A. A common middle name today.

1890 Arthur Weir, John Arthur Lockhart: The Romance of Sir Richard. Published by William Drysdale&Co. page 83:

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
1991 Emily Ellison, The Picture Makers, G.K.Hall, ISBN 0816151660, page 111:

I've always thought I was too large for a soft, musical name like Louise, too untidy.

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