How do you pronounce Loki?

[PunkyPod]

Basically that....

Is it:
Low-ki (long first syllable)
Lo-ki (short first syllable)

Thanks!

I'm agreeing with the Low-key brigade.

And if I remember my Norse mythology, he wasn't nice.

I watched Thor last night
Please please please don't name a baby Low-key

Low-key

It's not a good name.

its pronounced dont do it!!

Thanks for the input and pronunciation help.

Was just asking

Please think very very hard about this, before you saddle your poor child with a name like that; it says "parents desperate to be different but just making themselves look stupid". Plus, your poor child will never ever forgive you.

Do you actually know anything about Loki, I mean, not something culled from a film?

It's pronounced the same as Lachie (short for Lachlan) surely? Can park mummy's tell the difference between a Loki and Lachie??

Thanks. As I said, purely asking for help with the pronunciation.

OP Very glad you're just asking. In the myths, Loki was deceitful, spiteful, malevolent, murderous. He destroyed good and beauty. He delighted in evil. Really, really not a nice name for a child - and (sorry) terribly 'try-hard but ignorant', too.

Huge avengers fan. Do it! Awesome name.

*Thanks for the input and pronunciation help.

Was just asking.*

I'm not sure if I missed something but nowhere did I see that you were thinking of this as your baby's name.

I read it as 'just asking'.

Indeed you are right Running. Browsing boys names and came across it. Not heard it before so want to know how to say it in my head. Am fully aware of the associations. I like the sound of it so am on the hunt for something similar.

Thor

PunkyPod - can't think of something similar. I've racked my brain.

But I do like Louis. Starts with an "L" and ends with an "i" sound and is much softer.

Short first syllable lo-kee

I like it and even though in norse myth he is a trickster that doesnt mean a bad chsracter, norse mythology is a bit complex when it comes to good and bad.

Oh and lachie is pronounced lockie, totally different to loki.

What about Logan? Just browsing my list and 47 boys were called Loki in 2012. Only 13 Thors though.

I know of a Loki ...

Low-key.
I have one, well, not really, but I call him Loki in my head. Never happier except when sowing discord.

Like croaky, but Loki...

Or you could just call the child Satan, after all if you know your Milton the whole good/evil thing is a bit ambiguous..

Sleepy...thanks for your lovely thoughts.

That's my cat's name!

That's my rabbit's name. It's pronounced Low-Key.

As previous poster suggested: Scottish Gaelic Lachlan pronounced Loch-lann. The Scottish ch (as in loch) in the middle is compulsory ...