Luis or Hugo

[Kannet]

I like both, and we have a very common/classic surname. Middle name will be John. Which would you go for

Louis, unless you’re Spanish.

Is that Luis (Lewis) ? Or (Louis) ?

Luis is the Spanish version.

Hugo

Hugo

Luis is lovely! I prefer it that way, pronounced Lu-is.

Luis may be Spanish but it's also used in Germany. I think it works better in the UK than the French version.

Hugo

I'm so torn. I like both spelling of luis/Louis but we don't live in U.K. and luis would be the best spelling where we live. Think I might have to flip a coin

Luis

I’d go for Hugo then as I don’t like Luis.

I think it works better in the UK than the French version

Disagree because everyone knows Lewis and Louis (Looee) but people don’t know how to pronounce Luis (Looeece). Altho OP isn’t in the UK anyway.

Louis/Luis.

Hugo - My fave name right now. It's strong and intelligent sounding. Hugo is hard to judge based on the name - can imagine a gentle, quiet boy named Hugo, also can imagine a loud, boisterous boy named Hugo.

Luis is nice, and underused. It's just a bit delicate sounding to me, a bit blah.

I love Luis, but I would pronounce that differently to Louis (which I also love!). You seem to be in implying you would pronounce them the same?

If so, I would go with Hugo to avoid pronunciation issues. Hugo is also a lovely name

I would go for Hugo to avoid pronunciation issues also. It's a lovely name.

I love Luis and don't see why you would need to spell it the French way rather than the Spanish way? Neither is a British name so why is Louis more suitable than Luis? I much prefer the Spanish spellings of names and also it will be less common this way

Hugo! Lovely name

Luis, the spelling is fine!

Luis, Lewis, Louis can be pronounced Loo-wiss

Louie and Louis (again) can be pronounced Loo-eee

Luis makes the pronunciation obvious, Lu-is.

Louis, the French version, will be pronounced Lou-ee by French speakers but Lou-is by many others ( eg St Louis).

Outside of France I prefer Luis or Lewis.

But Luis is said Loueese, not Lewis...

I say Luis exactly like Lewis, Loo-is.

The girls name Louise is pronounced Loo-ees

I don't know, I quite like Luis, but the Spanish pronunciation sounds almost the same as the far more well known girls name, Louise, to British ears. Perhaps that may not be a problem where you are, though, is he ever likely to live in the UK? I agree Louis is lovely.

Hugo is fine but has a very posh, public school educated vibe in the UK. Again, might not be a problem wherever you are.

Love Louis. It sure about the Luis spelling.

I say Luis kind of like Louise, but where Louise rhymes with wheeze Luis rhymes more with geese.

I say Louis as Lou-ee

And Lewis as Lou-is

Which pronunciation were you after OP?