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Jude or Louie…

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Newbubs · 01/06/2022 08:30

For a boy…
which do you prefer & why

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Dalekjastninerels · 08/06/2022 19:12

By both I mean I like either- but spell Louis this way.

Dalekjastninerels · 08/06/2022 19:11

Both, but spell Louie as Louis.

ancientgran · 08/06/2022 19:06

pinklavenders · 08/06/2022 17:02

I'm sure the op adding an S would have made no difference to Pasteur Wink

Well Pasteur didn't need the OP to spell it with an S because he did spell it with an S.

Bettethebuilder · 08/06/2022 18:12

pinklavenders · 08/06/2022 14:47

I don't think Louie is any different to the other -ie names like Alfie, Archie, Albie etc.

That’s the problem with it -and worse. Spelling it Louie makes it fit alongside all those twee -ie shortened baby names, when in fact it deserves better. It’s French, not English, it’s a full name, not a twee shortened name, it’s an ancient classic name, not a modernised trendy name.

pinklavenders · 08/06/2022 17:02

I'm sure the op adding an S would have made no difference to Pasteur Wink

ancientgran · 08/06/2022 15:35

Well if you spell it with an s it didn't seem to stop Louis Pasteur.

pinklavenders · 08/06/2022 14:47

I don't think Louie is any different to the other -ie names like Alfie, Archie, Albie etc.

IDontLikeMondays88 · 08/06/2022 11:47

I think Louie could be a lawyer or a doctor it’s not an unusual name particularly

YourWinter · 08/06/2022 09:23

Louie may be cute for a kid but it’s not a name for an adult, imagine a professional eg doctor or lawyer called Louie…

Josoliesmlaurdog · 08/06/2022 09:20

I like both names…Lois will become very popular because of Prince Louis ,so Jude would be my choice.

IDontLikeMondays88 · 08/06/2022 09:17

These names were both on my list! I prefer Jude I think.
Of your new list I really like Lex.
and I like Jack but it is very popular, Lex is more unusual.
Daniel/Danny great too.

missdemeanors · 08/06/2022 09:16

Honestly I'm sure most people know how to pronounce Louis and don't need an alternative spelling to help them, as if we're all still learning phonics!

Both Jude and Louis are lovely names.

From your latest list, I like Daniel best, with Jack second. I know too many Toby dogs to use it on a child! Georgie sounds like a a nursery rhyme nickname and Lex is just odd, like someone saying Alex without the first syllable

Trinacham · 08/06/2022 09:09

I'd choose Daniel or Jack

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Newbubs · 08/06/2022 09:07

Thanks everyone for comments
but now i am actually off both names 🤣 others i like

Daniel
Georgie
Toby
Jack
Lex

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obsessedwithsleep · 02/06/2022 18:00

Prefer Louie. The only Jude is know I shorten to Judy without really thinking and I don't think Judy is a good name for a boy!!

mathanxiety · 02/06/2022 17:53

It will certainly be easier to teach that spelling to a young boy. Only in French would the S not be pronounced normally.

I have never once met a NT child who had any difficulty spelling his or her own name. Not a single one, including myself approximately 53 years ago, even though I have an Irish name and at the age of three I didn't know a word of Irish.

Honestly, how do you think all the Aoifes and Niamhs and Siobhans up and down the length and breadth of England manage?

And children with surnames like Wright?

pinklavenders · 02/06/2022 15:32

Between Jude and Louie, I vote Louie!

butterflyflutterby123 · 02/06/2022 15:02

Another bite for jude. But Louis is lovely too. Cant go wrong

SundayTeatime · 02/06/2022 14:57

Jude is a saint’s name, one of the 12 Apostles. It’s ancient. The fact that it means something else in another random language is irrelevant.

Theoldwoman · 02/06/2022 14:38

Louis.
No particular reason.

locak · 02/06/2022 14:22

You could spell Siobhan Shivawn if you want but it's a bit odd to argue that the latter spelling is how it should be spelt because we don't have the bh v sound but it's Irish name not an English one.

locak · 02/06/2022 14:18

It will certainly be easier to teach that spelling to a young boy. Only in French would the S not be pronounced normally.

That doesn't make sense as you learn your name as it is & it doesn't register how difficult it is. Plus it's a French name so of course that's the normal pronunciation. Same with lots of names & words that are French in origin.

Trinacham · 02/06/2022 14:09

Jude was our second choice for our son born this year but I was put off by how popular it is becoming (especially as someone I know got there first!)

Trinacham · 02/06/2022 14:08

I used to know a Louis who 'changed' (didn't officially change it but introduced himself) to Lewis, as he said so many people mistakenly called him Lewis. It did surprise me at the time that many people get it wrong but seeing this thread makes me believe it's not that uncommon!

DuchessOfSausage · 02/06/2022 13:57

Aren't the Cambridge children Jorj, Sharlot and Luey?

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