how do you pronounce boys name louis?

[mariannegrace]

thank you.

Lou-ee.

But if I met one who pronounced it Lou-is that is how I would say it, of couse.

I do know some Lewis's too.

LOO-ee.

I always thought it was Lou-ee. Never occured to me to say Lou-is. I thought that was spelt Lewis tbh. You live and learn!

Lou-ee

bananaramma - Charles is a French name, technically we anglicised it.

This thread is reminding me of Louis Theroux.

Mmmmmmm.

Louis = Lou-ee

If you want Lewis, then spell it Lewis.

One wouldn't pronounce Isla as Iss-la or Sean as Se-ann would one?

Lou - ee

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I would pronounce it Loo-ee. I thought Loo-is would be spelt Lewis. Louis Armstrong pronounced his name as Lewis, but it may be because he is American and they do say things differently!

Loo ee.

Loo-ee

Loo-ee. At least that's what I would assume unless I found that the Louis pronounced it otherwise then I'd judge his parents and pronounce it as he preferred.

Outside of the UK, most non-French speakers pronounce Louis as it is written, Lou-is. So if you choose Louis for your son be prepared that many people will pronounce it like that (and not the French way).

Personally I prefer Lou-is. Makes more sense in English. Must be difficult to learn how to write your name as Louis if you don't pronounce the s .

I've decided to pronounce it "Jack" usual

Louie - my son is Louis. As in Louis Armstrong. Louis vitton

I would say something along the lines of.....

Lewis err, um Lou'ee uh, how do I pronounce your name exactly ?

I'd say loo-iss because that's how the mother of the only one I know pronounces it (dc too young to say it himself)

I think really most people in this country see 'Louis' and think 'louee'. If you want it to be pronounced 'Lou-iss' you're probably safer going for Lewis or be prepared for correcting people some of the time.

My DN is Louie. Spelt that way to avoid confusion :-)

I know four, three adults and one child, they are all Loo-ee.

I would always pronouce it this way unless corrected, it has never occured to me that it could be said Lou-is, I would expect that to be 'Lewis' (know two of those too).

The problem with Lewis is that it is only pronouncable in English. Germans, for example, would pronounce it Leh-vis.

Louis, on the other hand, is pronounced phonetically as Lou-is in all languages, the exception being that the French miss of the s.

I personally much prefer the look of Louis over Lewis (but that is just personal taste).

Lou-ee

I say Lou-is. Like St Louis in Missouri.

Lou-ee sounds a bit pretentious, trying to be French imo.

I don't think Lou-ee sounds pretentious. We say Sophie and Natalie the French way without being thought pretentious.