First name origins & meanings:
- Old German: Warrior maiden
- Latin: Light
- German: Famed warrior
First name variations: Luise, Louisa, Louisiana, Luisa, Loise, Lois, Loyce, Lisette, Luana, Luane, Luwana, Lu, Lulu, Lulie, Ouise, Ouisa, Eloise, Eloisa, Aloysia, Liusadh, Louise, Lucie, Lucia, Luce, Lu, Luza, Luz, Luciana, Lucianna, Lucianne, Lucienne, Lucida, Lucile, Lucille, Lucette, Lucy, Lewis, Lewes, Luis, Louie, Lewie, Lew, Lu, Ludwig, Ludvig, Luigi, Lodovico, Luthias, Llewellyn, Clovis, Chlodwig, Lajos, Louis
Last name origins & meanings:
- Chinese:
from a character in the name of the state
of Zhu Lou, which existed during the Zhou dynasty. After Wu Wang
established the dynasty in 1122 bc, he granted Zhu Lou to a
descendant of the legendary emperor Zhuan Xu. Later descendants took
the character for Lou from the place name as their surname. - Chinese:
variant of Lu 2. - Dutch
(de Lou): variant of Lau.
- Scottish: unexplained.
This name appears in the following lists:
Black History/Civil Rights Leaders,
First Ladies,
Olympic Medalists