Loviisa

From Swedish Lovisa, cognate to English Louisa and Louise. In Finnish, towns named after individuals are often left as is. Compare Pietari (“St Petersburg”), Antrea and Mikkeli.

• IPA^(key): /ˈloʋiːsɑ/,
• Rhymes: -oʋiːsɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): Lo‧vii‧sa

Loviisa

1. a female given name
2. A town on the southeast coast of Finland, named in 1752 for Queen Lovisa Ulrika of Sweden.

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Loviisa" is Loviisassa.

• Loviisa is the 586^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 488 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,660 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• lasiovi, oivalsi, silavoi