What do you think of Louis?

[flipflopsonfifthavenue]

DP wants this for DC2 if he's a boy, but I'm not convinced....

Help convince me...or not!

[DrFunkesFamilyBandSolution]

Not a fan (sorry!)

[Squirm]

Excellent name; especially paired with Edward.

[LBNM19]

Well I love it! My son is called Louie xx

[Tenrec]

Really dislike it, sorry. Love Lewis though.

[AlpacaYourThings]

Lovely name. Fantastic coupled with Edward.

Agree with Alis, never known there to be an issue with pronouncing Louis

[florascotia]

May or may not be relevant. In UK top 100 boys names 2012:

Lewis = 43
Louie =79
Louis =81

[Bowlersarm]

Love it.

[Onesleeptillwembley]

Oh, and definitely what Alisvol said.

[Onesleeptillwembley]

Edward and Louis. Fantastic.

[KirstyJC]

Our DS is Louis pronounced Lewie. We have had a couple of people telling us we are pronouncing it wrong and trying to tell us it should be Lewis but we just ignored them.

Lovely name.

[noblegiraffe]

I've taught 4 boys called Louis. 3 of them pronounced it Lewis so Louie is the minority pronunciation around my way (England).

[scottishmummy]

And no don't change spelling to assist those unable to pronounce louis
Applying that logic there'd be she-vawn, ay-lee spellings for siobahn and eilidh

[Alisvolatpropiis]

I've never known anybody have an issue with Louis prn -Louie until looking at these boards.

I don't tend to take my leads for pronouncing names from Americans when said name is from another country entirely.

Traditionally Louis has always been Louie in the UK.

[scottishmummy]

In scotland lewis,is obviously loo-is.like the island and louis is french loo-ee
I suppose ive not really encountered people having difficulty pronouncing louis or distinguishing between the 2names
If it really grates for op then you'd have to correct the pronunciation fir folk

[kelda]

Really like Louis pr Louie. Was a contender for ds. The only reason we didn't choose it is because it's the name of the Lord Mayor of our town.

[evamummy]

Might be best to spell it Louie to help non French speakers pronounce it correctly, if you prefer that way.

[evamummy]

Not everyone pronounces Louis the French way. In the US the city is pronounced St Louis (Lou-is) and in many European countries it is also pronounced phonetically (Lou-is).

[justmuddlingalong]

My bestest friend in the whole world has a son called Louis, and for that reason alone, I love it.

[LittleRedDinosaur]

Love it but people will definitely keep calling him Lewis

[RonaldMcDonald]

Love it

[Alisvolatpropiis]

I came on to say I really liked it,especially as you are intending to pronounce it correctly.

People commonly pronouncing Louis as Lewis doesn't make it right, it just makes a fair few people wrong.

However Hen has just totally ruined the name for me.

[HenI5]

Every time I read or hear Louis these days a picture of Louis Walsh's little face pops into my head.
Sorry.

[scottishmummy]

Love both names,but to me theyre v different pronunciation

[Hup]

You'd think scottishmummy but not always the case!

[scottishmummy]

Louis=loo-ee
Lewis=loo-is