Louise is the French feminine of Louis — from the Old Germanic hlud (famous) + wig (war, battle). **A top-100 US baby name from 1880 to 1922, peaking at #28 in 1897**. **Louise Glück (1943-2023)** — **American poet; 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature for "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal" — only the 16th woman to receive the Literature Nobel**; US Poet Laureate (2003-2004); Pulitzer Prize for *The Wild Iris* (1992); Bollingen Prize; National Humanities Medal. **Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)** — **French-American sculptor; her monumental bronze spiders (*Maman*, 1999) are among the most-photographed contemporary sculptures; National Medal of Arts (1997)**. **Louise Erdrich (born 1954)** — American novelist; Pulitzer Prize for *The Night Watchman* (2021); National Book Award. **Louise Brooks (1906-1985)** — American silent-film actress; *Pandora's Box* (1929). **Louise Hay** — American self-help author; *You Can Heal Your Life* (1984, 50M+ copies). **Louise Lasser** (*Mary Hartman*).
Featured throughout 20th-21st century literature and art.
Louise reduces to three — the number of Nobel Literature.