Luise Name Meaning & Origin
Luise
Origin of the name Louise:
Feminine form of Louis (famous in war), which is from the Germanic Hluodowig, a compound name composed from the elements hluod (famous) and wīg (war, strife).
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Luise Rainer, German-American-British film actress (1910-2014). She was the first actor to win back-to-back Oscars, as well as the longest-lived Oscar recipient. She was 13 days away from her 105th birthday when she died.
Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, later Queen of Prussia as the wife of King Frederick William III, German queen and national heroine
Luise Ullrich, Austrian actress
Luise Ulrike, Queen of Sweden and sister of Frederick the Great of Prussia
Luise Rinser, German writer
Luise Clayborn Kaish, American artist- Luise in song, story & screen