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Elise vs Lovisa??

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Taggys · 29/09/2025 12:27

Hi,
We are choosing between these two names... which one is prettier? 💕

I have learned that there is a jewellery shop called "Lovisa" - does this ruin the name?, which otherwise is an old Swedish name.

*we have Scandi heritage, hence the slightly unusual names...

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muddyford · 05/10/2025 06:47

I thought Lovisa sounded like a credit card advert.

Trodincatsickagain · 05/10/2025 06:44

mathanxiety · 05/10/2025 00:09

I voted for Lovisa too - I'm Irish.

Elise is a bit wispy and lacking in gravitas imo.

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You take that back! 😁

mathanxiety · 05/10/2025 00:09

SkaneTos · 29/09/2025 21:34

I voted for Lovisa! Very pretty name.
I'm Swedish, though.

I voted for Lovisa too - I'm Irish.

Elise is a bit wispy and lacking in gravitas imo.

mathanxiety · 05/10/2025 00:07

Comefromaway · 29/09/2025 16:01

??? What is a sub? And no-one is intolerant, just pointing out that in this country Lovisa is associated with a shop.

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I think the previous poster's point has just been proven.

EmotionallyWeird · 02/10/2025 21:41

I'm aware of the shop Lovisa but to me it is mainly a town in Finland. I assume as a name it is related to Louisa. I don't dislike it, but I think I might like Elise slightly more.

SkaneTos · 29/09/2025 21:34

I voted for Lovisa! Very pretty name.
I'm Swedish, though.

DuchessOfNarcissex · 29/09/2025 16:42

@ResusciAnnie OP has started several threads about girls names, including a few on middle names for one name.
I doubt she'll have changed her mind. It's more likely that she didn't want the same comments.

When is the baby due @Taggys ?

MidnightPatrol · 29/09/2025 16:06

Comefromaway · 29/09/2025 16:01

??? What is a sub? And no-one is intolerant, just pointing out that in this country Lovisa is associated with a shop.

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I can assure you the vast majority of people would hear the name Lovisa and think ‘this sounds like Louise, i wonder what the origins of this version are’ - not ‘OMG they’ve named their child after a shop that sells jewellery’.

I can only assume I live somewhere more diverse than most posters, no one would bat an eyelid at this where I live.

Comefromaway · 29/09/2025 16:01

MidnightPatrol · 29/09/2025 15:56

This sub is fantastically intolerant of non-mainstream / foreign names.

??? What is a sub? And no-one is intolerant, just pointing out that in this country Lovisa is associated with a shop.

ResusciAnnie · 29/09/2025 16:00

DuchessOfNarcissex · 29/09/2025 12:59

This is one of several threads by the username. OP is, I think, Swedish.
The names in the poll are for a middle name.
Lovisa is Swedish for Louise.

I'd compromise and use Louise.

Well no, you can’t assume that. She may well have abandoned Agnes.

I like Elise best OP. But I’d do Agnes Ebba! Or better, Ebba Agnes ❤️

MidnightPatrol · 29/09/2025 15:56

This sub is fantastically intolerant of non-mainstream / foreign names.

Trodincatsickagain · 29/09/2025 15:54

I have an Elisa, she’s neither a shop, car or form of contraception but we have called her Elise for most of her life, only Elisa when naughty 😄 Elise just rolls off the tongue so beautifully.

DuchessOfNarcissex · 29/09/2025 15:15

@DenizenOfAisleOfShame , It's pronounced a bit like Louisa, and it's a proposed middle name. The surname isn't Slagfält Smile

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 29/09/2025 15:01

Lovisa?

Possibly, but definitely not if the surname is ‘Battlefield’.

In any event, best avoided I think.

MalinandGo · 29/09/2025 14:57

My feeling is that a Lovisa would live with people thinking it was Louisa misspelt unfortunately, or just misread it. I think you're safer with Elise.

CarpetKnees · 29/09/2025 14:53

I would expect Swedish people to use Swedish names, same as people from any country who happen to be living elsewhere for a while.

However I agree with others that, because, written down, Lovisa looks very similar to Louisa, I think that will create a lot of confusion is she is growing up in the UK, or other English speaking countries.
So, for that reason, I'd choose Elise from the two.

Smartiepants79 · 29/09/2025 14:43

If it’s spelt Lovisa. I wouldn’t choose it for a child growing up in England right now. Louvisa is better and it is pretty.

Notagain75 · 29/09/2025 14:39

I've never heard of the shop Lovisa.
I don't think it should put your off if it reflects your heritage and you like it. Presumably it was a name before it was a shop
Also there are plenty of Claires around.
Having said that Elise is also nice

Leavesfalling · 29/09/2025 14:30

Lovisa sounds like a type of bread
And an Elise is a car

So neither that pretty, per se?

PurpleChrayn · 29/09/2025 14:28

They both sound like brands of oral contraceptive but Elise is marginally better.

Algen · 29/09/2025 13:01

I wouldn’t use Lovisa for a first name in the UK but think it would be fine as a middle name.

I prefer Elise, though, even without the shop connotation for Lovisa.

DuchessOfNarcissex · 29/09/2025 12:59

This is one of several threads by the username. OP is, I think, Swedish.
The names in the poll are for a middle name.
Lovisa is Swedish for Louise.

I'd compromise and use Louise.

Coffeeishot · 29/09/2025 12:57

We have just got a shop in our town centre i hadn't heard of it before.

Selttan · 29/09/2025 12:55

Yeah with Lovisa I automatically think jewellery.
What about sort of combining the two and doing Elisa.

Comefromaway · 29/09/2025 12:51

ninjahamster · 29/09/2025 12:37

Never heard of the shop Lovisa. I think it is a lovely name.

Do you have a tween/teenage daughter? It's for when you grow out of Claire's!