Would you let this put you off a name?

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Me and DH are currently expecting a baby boy and after lots and lots of deliberation the only name we can semi-agree upon is Lewis. However, the first three letters of our surname are 'Wis' and I'm worried that it will just be weird or look weird when written down: Lewis Wis.....

Our surname has 7 letters in if that makes any difference

It's really bugging me to the point where I think I may have posted about this before but can't actually remember - so apologies if I have

My DH thinks I'm being ridiculous

I wouldn't find how it looks written down an issue, I'd be more concerned about how it sounds. If the WIS part of the surname sounds like the WIS part of Lewis it would bother me.

It would put me off, sorry.

Yes it would put me off

I think it's totally fine. He may be more likely to have a permanent nickname like Lou Wis... or Louis (Lou-ee) Wis at a later date though.

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I wouldn't find how it looks written down an issue, I'd be more concerned about how it sounds. If the WIS part of the surname sounds like the WIS part of Lewis it would bother me....*

It's a completely different sound. I'm tempted to give out my surname so it's easier for people to imagine the name but I'm worried about outing myself.....

I know you're struggling with names but, Yes it put me off, sorry.
Lewis Wis.... totally run in to each other.
Louie Wis.... Still doesn't roll off the tongue to but goes a lot better

Louie Wis.... Still doesn't roll off the tongue to but goes

I just can't bear the thought of going through years of people wrongly calling him Loo-ee instead of Lewis. I would absolutely lose my rag

No I don't think it makes any difference. I think it flows quote well and like you say you have a long surname so it takes away from the repeat. That wouldn't bother me at all.

I think it's more important how it sounds than reads. So Lewis Wiseman, fine. Lewis Wishaw not so much.

I was thinking Wiseman and I think that's ok

Agree red and Older

If you don't like Louie. I'd definitely avoid Lewis. What if he wants to call him self that. You couldn't stop him. Its his name

I think its fine, it wouldn't put me off.

FWIW I have a friend lewis who is often called louie as a nickname.

But Lewis is never pronounced Louie?

As someone said, with Wiseman it would be fine, but with someone with the same "wis" sound as Lewis, it wouldn't.

If it changes the sound of the whole name.
For example Lewis Wishart for me would become Louie Swishart but I'm in an area where people speak veryyyy quickly.

Surname is Wiseman

Why would he want to call himself Louie, it's a completely different name? It's like a girl called Mary deciding to call herself Marie.... I just can't see why it would logically happen?

However, if he wanted to call himself Louie then I'd accept that because it's his choice....but I don't want others doing it repeatedly which they will as to my knowledge that's how Louie is pronounced.

I can't imagine anyone seeing Louie and thinking it was pronounced Lewis?

Or do you mean Louis, not Louie?

I still think people would see Louis and pronounce it Loo-ee as opposed to Lewis.

I meant the sound Louie in my example rather than people saying Louie if that makes sense?
I think yours is fine though - definitely a Barrister/Prime Minister name

No, I meant that he'd possibly become Lou Wiseman and then in typical form for nicknames a 'y' gets put at the end.... so in years to come it wouldn't be strange if he ended up as Lou-y Wiseman. May never happen but it's not s big stretch!

I get it now jaxing

As a nickname I don't think it would bother me, I just wouldn't want a lifetime of correcting the probounciation if we did spell his name as Louis instead of Lewis to avoid the whole wis/Wis issue

With our current DS we have people mispronounce his name even though the spelling of his name doesn't look even look like what they wrongly call him - it's very odd. I couldn't go through it with a second child too

He might end up with the nickname Wiz My only point being that people often agonise on MN over nicknames, but my experience is that you end up with no control over what your child gets called by their friends. Although I do wonder what went through the minds of Neville Neville's parents. That's a genuine name by the way, late father of Tracey, Gary and Phil. It doesn't seem like they worried too much.

Personally I like your choice.

Lewis Wiseman is perfectly fine, it wouldn't put me off at all.

If the Wis bit was the same sound as in Lewis, it would.

Go for it, it's a lovely name.

He might end up with the nickname Wiz

Haha, my DS's nickname is Wiz or Wizzy . No connection to any of his names though, just a childhood family nickname that stuck.

I'm glad it doesn't seem to be off-putting to the majority.

My DH will be happy as he really, really wants to call him Lewis and it's only my reticence about this issue that's been the problem

Changed mind Lewis Wiseman is perfectly acceptable

Lewis Wiseman is a great name!

Although a middle name couldn't hurt imo. Lewis Henry Wiseman, for example.