Heloise - Name Meaning and Origin

The girl's name Heloise \he-loi-se\ is pronounced HEL-oh-ees. It is of French origin, and its meaning is "renowned fighter". Variant of Louise (Old German) "renowned fighter". The 12th-century French philosopher Pierre Abelard fell in love with and seduced his student Heloise. Literary: "Hints from Heloise" is a popular series of books.

Heloise has 5 variant forms: Aloysia, Eloisa, Eloise, Heloisa and Lois.

Baby names that sound like Heloise are Helisa, Helsa, Hollis and Holliss.

Heloise is a very rare female first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Heloise. Click here to compare Heloise with related baby names.