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語源

From French Louise, the feminine form of Louis.

発音

• IPA: /luːˈiːz/
• (placename) IPA: /ləˈwiːz/
• 韻: -iːz

固有名詞

Louise

1. A female given name from French.
   • 1890 Arthur Weir, John Arthur Lockhart: The Romance of Sir Richard. Published by William Drysdale&Co. page 83:

     Louise, thy stately name sounds in my ear / Like a sea wave, that gathering, hill on hill, / Upon the blue horizon, smooth and still, / Sweeps to the shore

   • 1957, Ed McBain, The Con Man, Armchair Detective Library, published 1991, →ISBN, page 47:

     That's what I baptized her. Mary Louise. Everybody else called her just plain Mary, but that wasn't the way I intended it. I intended it Mary Louise. That's a pretty name, isn't it? Mary Louise. Mary is too...plain?

   • 1991, Emily Ellison, The Picture Makers, G.K.Hall, →ISBN, page 111:

     I've always thought I was too large for a soft, musical name like Louise, too untidy.

2. A municipality of Manitoba, Canada.

使用する際の注意点

Used in English since the seventeenth century, more in the UK than in the US. A common middle name today.

派生語

• Lake Louise

関連する語

• Lou, Louie, Louisa, Lula, Lulu

アナグラム

• louies