Luisa

Luisa: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “famous warrior”
Origin: Italian
Say it: loo-EE-suh · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

A feminine form of Louis/Luis, from Germanic Ludwig composed of elements meaning 'fame' and 'war'. Luisa is common in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese-speaking contexts.

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How popular is Luisa?

202493.0 per million US babies

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Babies named Luisa in 2024310

2024 rank#869 girls

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 188014,106

Luisa is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Luisa

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Luisfamous warrior · Germanic
Louisfamous warrior · French
Lewisfamous warrior · Germanic
Louisefamous warrior · French
Louiefamous warrior · Germanic
Louisafamous warrior · Germanic
Loufamous warrior · Germanic
Aloysiusfamous warrior · Latin

Luisa questions

What does the name Luisa mean?

Luisa means "famous warrior". It comes from Italian. A feminine form of Louis/Luis, from Germanic Ludwig composed of elements meaning 'fame' and 'war'. Luisa is common in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese-speaking contexts.

Is Luisa a boy or girl name?

Luisa is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Luisa?

310 US babies were named Luisa in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Luisa?

Luisa is usually pronounced loo-EE-suh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.