Louis, Louie, luis or luiz?

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I was set on Henry but it is SO popular I've gone right off it :(
So finally DP and I settled on Louis but can't agree on spelling, I think it should be Louis but ALWAYS read 'Lewis' when I see Louis.

So I'd like a vote please MN, if you were to use Louis, how would you spell it?

Louis.

100%

Louis, pronounce Loo-ee

Louis

Louis

Louis, pronounced Loo ee.

I think Louie looks wrong, Luis would be pronounced Loo-ees and Luiz would be Loo-eeeez (like Louise but elongated) for me.

HTH.

Hi Furstly great nane choice - we have a Louie (hes 14 months old) we decided on Louie as my mum saw louis and pronounced it Lewis. So louie to us means there's no issue on The pronunciation. We also have Fynn (aged 4) we again chose to spell it with a Y so people didn't think it was short for Finley. Xx

To clarify we chose Louie to ensure it wS pronounced Looee

Louis is always Looeee to me.
Luiz and Luis only work if you're Spanish/Portuguese.

Louis is a French name pronounced Lou-ee.

Lewis is a Scottish name pronounced Lew-iss.

Those are the recognised spellings. Am sorry, but why would anyone choose anything else? Yewneek spellings are not generally helpful.

Louis definitely.

Thanks everyone, the plan is to pronounce it looeee but if his own mother is reading it as Lewis when she sees it then what chance does everyone else have?

cleaver that would be my reasoning too and I've seen a fair few 'Louie's' too (and my autocorrect recognises it!) so it can't be all that yoonike!

I automatically wrote it as Louis when I put it on the list and when i think of it that's the way I picture it so why when it's written down elsewhere do I read it as Lewis??

I like Louie but then I am a pleb

Another vote for Louie

Louis

I'd spell it Louis to get the pronunciation Lou-ee.

Arrrgghhh of course it's Louis (looeee) think of all the French kings! Lewis is like John Lewis!

And Prince George Alexander Louis

Louis, prefer Henry tho and don't actually know any.

I know a luay

Didn't realise for ages but I definitely raised my eyebrows when I saw it written down

Louis because that is the correct spelling.

Luay is hilarious

I know Lewis is Lewis, there's no question about that! It's the reading Louis as Lewis that is my problem not reading Lewis as Louis!

There was a boy in my year called Louis pron. Lewis, now I think about it that is likely the source of my subconscious mix up

I read Louis as looee but I do quite like Louie!

Lewie?

Lewie? Just a suggestion.