What do you think of Louis?

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

Help convince me...or not!

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

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).

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Edward and Louis. Fantastic.

Oh, and definitely what Alisvol said.

Love it.

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

Lewis = 43
Louie =79
Louis =81

Lovely name. Fantastic coupled with Edward.

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

Really dislike it, sorry. Love Lewis though.

Well I love it! My son is called Louie xx

Excellent name; especially paired with Edward.

Not a fan (sorry!)