Lovise vs Petra
Lovise and Petracompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Norway · Girls
In 2025, Lovise was ranked #185 and Petra #120 among girls in Norway.
Lovise and Petra over time
Lovise and Petra appear together in 1 published list, across 54 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Lovise reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Petra in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Lovise and Petra changed places 10 times in Norway · Girls between 1946 and 2025, ending at #185 and #120.
- Longest-running competitions
Lovise and Petra were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 54 years, from 1946 to 2025, ending at #185 and #120.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Lovise #142 in 2024, Petra #120 in 2025.
List by list
Norway · Girls54 shared years, 1946–2025
Lovise held the stronger position in 27 of those years, Petra in 27.
Highest recorded here: Lovise #142 in 2024, Petra #120 in 2025.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Lovise #185, Petra #120.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Lovise | Petra |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | GB-ENW, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #185 (2025) | Norway · Girls #120 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Lovise has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Petra.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Lovise
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #356 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #142 among girls in Norway, in 2024 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #185 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Petra
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #193 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #120 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #120 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls