Luisa

“Variant of Louis — Famous in battle” — Frankish via French origin

Girl's name · #902 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Luisa has appeared in US records since 1882 — best rank #678 (1882) · 14,372 babies named Luisa all-time · 1 in 5,600 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: #18 in Austria (2025) · #59 in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 23 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Luisas

Luisa Fernanda of Spain, Duchess of Montpensier — Infanta of Spain (1832-1897)
Luisa Neubauer — German climate activist
Luisa de Guzmán — Duchess of Braganza; Queen consort of Portugal (1613-1666)
Luisa Stefani — Brazilian tennis player
Luisa Cuesta — Uruguayan human rights activist

In stories & tradition

Luisa Becker — Wege zum Glück
Luisa Fortuna — video game character
Luisa — Luisa Miller

What Luisas become

Among 980 notable people named Luisa:

Medical professionals appear 1.63× more often than among typical names — e.g. Luisa Guidotti Mistrali, Italian Roman Catholic physician, missionary and venerable (1932-1979).

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