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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 hlod "fame" and wig "combat".

Variations include Luisinha, Luisella, Luisana, Luisetta, Luigia, Luiza and 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