Withycombe's earliest example in England is from 1646; but the name was used by women there earlier. It was, however, never common in any culture, certainly not as common as its masculine counterpart.
- Belgium
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- Dutch
- ● 1597x1598 Loyse BoonenGes p. 340
- England
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- Dutch
- ◑ 1576 Loysken AuFr Drossaert
- Early Modern English
- ● 1565 Lewes BEmar-vol1 p. 8
- Middle French
- ● 1579 Louyse WCS p. 14;
1581 Louise ibid. p. 88;
1585 Louyse ibid. p. 46;
1588 Louyse ibid. p. 48;
1589 Louyse ibid. p. 48;
1593 Louise ibid. p. 50;
1595 Louise ibid. p. 51;
1596 Louyse ibid. p. 106,
Loyse ibid. p. 106
- Walloon
- ● 1581 Louyse RWC p. 562;
1584 Louyse ibid. p. 8;
1591/2 Loyse ibid. p. 20;
1592 Loyse ibid. p. 21;
1593 Loyse ibid. p. 29;
1594/5 Loyse ibid. p. 35;
1595 Loyse ibid. p. 39;
1598 Loyse ibid. p. 49
- France
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- Middle French
- ● 1421 Loyse favier 1270;
1562 Loyse RegPCC-1 p. 9;
1563 Loyse ibid. p. 535;
1564 Loyse ibid. p. 68;
1565 Loyse ibid. p. 139;
1566 Loyse ibid. p. 199;
1567 Loyse ibid. p. 310;
1568 Loyse ibid. p. 378;
1571 Louyse ibid. p. 452,
Loyse ibid. p. 442;
1572 Loyse ibid. p. 487;
1587 Loyse RTFProvins 178
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1522x1532 Loysa (nom) DSF p. 51, 18;
1527 Ludovica (nom) Rome1527 p. 83
- ◑ 1522x1532 Loysella (nom) DSF p. 53, 38
- Italian
- ● 1513x1521 Alovisa LeoX p. 14,
Ludovica ibid. p. 20,
Ludovicha ibid. p. 21
- Spain
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- Catalan
- ● 1510 Luisa valencia1510 3704
- Spanish
- ● 1576 Luisa Catalogo-5.2 3881
- Switzerland
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- Latin
- ● 1475 Ludovice (dat) MHCG2 239
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Louisa". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Louisa.