Luisa

Luisa is a female name of German origin (from Ludwig) which means "glorious warrior". Luisa is the Italian form of the French "Louise", and has many variations: Luisella, Luisetta, Luigia, Maria Luisa. Its popularity derives from the cult of Saint Louise de Marillac of Paris, and mostly from Giuseppe Verdi's famous opera Luisa Miller.

The name may refer to:

• Luisa Miller, an opera by Giuseppe Verdi
• the Italian name for the opera Louise (opera)
• Giovanni da Verrazzano's name for Block Island and hence, Rhode Island
• Luisa Piccarreta also known as "Little Daughter of the Divine Will" is a proposed Roman Catholic saint
• Luisa Warrington, fictional character in UK soap opera Family Affairs, played by Clare Byam-Shaw
• A character in The Transformers (TV series) episode Fire On The Mountain

Given name

• Luisa Builes (born 1995), singer, actress and Colombian journalist
• Luisa Accati (born 1942), Italian historian, anthropologist and feminist public intellectual
• Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (born 1962), Duchess of Modena, Princess Imperial of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia
• Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi (1799–1866), heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence
• Luisa Baldini, Anglo-Italian news reporter and presenter, presently working for BBC News
• Luisa Bradshaw-White (born 1975), English actress
• Luisa María Calderón (born 1965), Mexican politician
• Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922), Corsican-Puerto Rican writer and anarchist
• Luisa Casati (1881–1957), Italian artists' model
• Luisa Castro (born 1966), Spanish poet and writer
• Luisa Corna (born 1965), Italian singer and actress
• Luisa Diogo (born 1958), Mozambican politician, Prime Minister of Mozambique since February 2004
• Luisa DiPietro, faculty member at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry
• Luisa Durán(born 1941), former First Lady of Chile, the wife of Chile Ricardo Lagos
• Luisa "Loi" Ejercito Estrada (born 1930), Filipino politician
• Luisa Ferida (1914–1945), Italian stage and motion picture actress
• Luisa Martín (born 1960), Spanish actress
• Luisa Marzotto (born 1984), Australian association footballer
• Luisa of Medina-Sidonia (1613–1666), Queen of Portugal
• Luisa Menárguez, Spanish harpist and educator
• Luisa Micheletti (born 1983), presenter on MTV Brazil
• Luisa Moreno(1907–1992), Guatemalan-American communist and writer
• Luisa Morgantini (born 1940), Italian politician, Member of the European Parliament
• Luisa Eugenia Navas, Chilean pharmacist and botanist
• Luisa Ottolini (born 1954), Italian physicist
• Luisa Ranieri (born 1973), Italian actress
• Luisa Rivelli (born 1930), Italian film actress
• Luisa Rioja (born 1964), Mexican pornographic actress and exotic dancer
• Luisa Roldán (1652–1706), Spanish sculptress of the Baroque Era
• Luisa Rosselini (born 1975), Czech pornographic actress
• Luisa Rossi (1925–1984), Italian actress
• Luisa Sala (1923–1986), Spanish actress
• Luisa Tetrazzini (1871–1940), Italian coloratura soprano
• Luisa Värk (born 1987), Estonian singer