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Lovisa

“heroine or famous (female) warrior”

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Swedish

Origin: French
4 language contexts: Swedish Danish Finnish +1 more
Follow the evidence: 9 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Lovisa

Lovisa is a feminine given name documented in Swedish, Danish, Finnish and 1 other language. English Wiktionary traces it to French Louisa. It is a form of Louise, for which Swedish Wikipedia gives the meaning “heroine or famous (female) warrior”.

Separate records with matching spellings: Lovísa (Icelandic)

French origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “heroine or famous (female) warrior”

Phonetic rendering of French Louisa. Popularized by 18th- and 19th-century Swedish royalty.

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: LovisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LovisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: LovisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: LovisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (sv): LouiseCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia (sv): Lovisa (namn)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Lovisa is used

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countries in our sources

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5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2025: 8 girls (rank 10917).

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4 of 6 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Sweden

1998–2022 Spelling: Lovisa

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2022: 177; births; Rank #69
Peak year: 2003; 492 births

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Source: Statistics Sweden · Sweden — grouped top 100 newborn calling names, 1998–2022

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Lovisa in Sweden, girls: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1998	442	23	grouped
1999	401	25	grouped
2000	403	31	grouped
2001	418	28	grouped
2002	474	24	grouped
2003	492	22	grouped
2004	481	26	grouped
2005	421	32	grouped
2006	434	30	grouped
2007	377	34	grouped
2008	362	37	grouped
2009	356	40	grouped
2010	336	47	grouped
2011	299	52	grouped
2012	309	47	grouped
2013	295	46	grouped
2014	274	52	grouped
2015	238	58	grouped
2016	300	40	grouped
2017	197	65	grouped
2018	191	71	grouped
2019	200	64	grouped
2020	221	57	grouped
2021	204	64	grouped
2022	177	69	grouped

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Lovisa” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Newborns by naming year and their calling name (tilltalsnamn), SCB TAB619/BE0001T05AR. A calling name need not be the first name in registration order; this series is kept separate from other publishers' first-position counts.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Null/.. cells are not published outside the top 100. Missing observations stay unknown. Duplicate top-ten categories are excluded in favour of top-100 categories.
Ranking: Published ranks retained, including ties. Not recomputed from alphabetical order.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Lovisa— “famous war”
Lovisa, _f._ _Swed._ Teu. famous war, 405
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Lovisa Aarberg
1801–1881
First recognised female doctor in Sweden (1801-1881)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Selma Lagerlöf
1858–1940
Swedish writer (1858–1940)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Astrid of Sweden
1905–1935
queen consort of the Belgians (1905-1935)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Princess Märtha of Sweden
1901–1954
Crown Princess of Norway (1901–1954)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Louise of Sweden
1851–1926
Queen consort of Denmark; wife of Frederick VIII of Denmark
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Lovisa with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q10570000CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: LovisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LovisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: LovisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: LovisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (sv): LouiseCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia (sv): Lovisa (namn)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Lovisa.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

Sweden — grouped top 100 newborn calling names, 1998–2022
Statistics Sweden (SCB) · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Lovisa

Separate records with matching spellings: Lovísa (Icelandic)

French origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “heroine or famous (female) warrior”

Phonetic rendering of French Louisa. Popularized by 18th- and 19th-century Swedish royalty.

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: LovisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LovisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: LovisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: LovisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (sv): LouiseCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia (sv): Lovisa (namn)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Lovisa is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Lovisa’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2025: 8 girls (rank 10917).

Explore United States

4 of 6 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Sweden

1998–2022 Spelling: Lovisa

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2022: 177; births; Rank #69
Peak year: 2003; 492 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Statistics Sweden · Sweden — grouped top 100 newborn calling names, 1998–2022

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Lovisa in Sweden, girls: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1998	442	23	grouped
1999	401	25	grouped
2000	403	31	grouped
2001	418	28	grouped
2002	474	24	grouped
2003	492	22	grouped
2004	481	26	grouped
2005	421	32	grouped
2006	434	30	grouped
2007	377	34	grouped
2008	362	37	grouped
2009	356	40	grouped
2010	336	47	grouped
2011	299	52	grouped
2012	309	47	grouped
2013	295	46	grouped
2014	274	52	grouped
2015	238	58	grouped
2016	300	40	grouped
2017	197	65	grouped
2018	191	71	grouped
2019	200	64	grouped
2020	221	57	grouped
2021	204	64	grouped
2022	177	69	grouped

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Newborns by naming year and their calling name (tilltalsnamn), SCB TAB619/BE0001T05AR. A calling name need not be the first name in registration order; this series is kept separate from other publishers' first-position counts.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Null/.. cells are not published outside the top 100. Missing observations stay unknown. Duplicate top-ten categories are excluded in favour of top-100 categories.
Ranking: Published ranks retained, including ties. Not recomputed from alphabetical order.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Lovisa— “famous war”
Lovisa, _f._ _Swed._ Teu. famous war, 405
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Lovisa Aarberg
1801–1881
First recognised female doctor in Sweden (1801-1881)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Selma Lagerlöf
1858–1940
Swedish writer (1858–1940)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Astrid of Sweden
1905–1935
queen consort of the Belgians (1905-1935)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Princess Märtha of Sweden
1901–1954
Crown Princess of Norway (1901–1954)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Louise of Sweden
1851–1926
Queen consort of Denmark; wife of Frederick VIII of Denmark
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q10570000CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: LovisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LovisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: LovisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: LovisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (sv): LouiseCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia (sv): Lovisa (namn)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Lovisa.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

Sweden — grouped top 100 newborn calling names, 1998–2022
Statistics Sweden (SCB) · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Lovisa

French origin

Where Lovisa is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Sweden

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Lovisa Aarberg

Selma Lagerlöf

Astrid of Sweden

Princess Märtha of Sweden

Louise of Sweden

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Lovisa

French origin

Where Lovisa is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Sweden

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Lovisa Aarberg

Selma Lagerlöf

Astrid of Sweden

Princess Märtha of Sweden

Louise of Sweden

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page