Bit of a strange one... would this put you off baby name?

[Malley8]

So I’m currently 20 weeks pregnant with a boy.
I’m finding names I like verh tricky this time round and seem to love a name then go off it the next day.

At the moment I’m kind of warming to the name Louis and I’ve liked it for atleast a week so that’s a positive sign.
However my step sister and nieces (who I am close to but only see every few months due to them not living close by) use the name to refer to their privates.

I found it odd and didn’t even understand what they were saying when I heard it the first time as I’ve never heard anyone use that word.

Now I really seem to love the name... but can I really give my son a name that my nieces use for that purpose? Would you go ahead with the name or find something else?

If you love the name enough, then your family using it to refer to their private parts shouldn't bother you.

@Lavenderblues sentences you think you’ll never hear

Why on earth have their parents done that? I would still use it tbh. If DNs giggle or take the mickey just say "no, that's your fanny/vagina/whatever, not a Louis. Louis is a name."

Tell them about Louis 16th

It's a bit strange, but it doesn't seem to put people off the names William or Richard, at least William is still top ten. And I do know a William and a Richard who go by Willy and Dickie respectively.

At 20 weeks I'd keep looking in case something else jumps out that you love but I wouldn't rule out Louis. He's unlikely to be th eonly Louis they ever meet, anyway.

Never heard of it being called that before ! How strange .
I’ve got a Louis and still love his name after 18 years. Although he gets called Louise at the doctors 🙄 and some people mistake it for Lewis ... but still love the name .

Thanks everyone... I do like the name a lot and I will keep looking at names anyway as I’m not going to 100% decide until he is here.

Not that I want him to look like a ‘Louis’ in the same sense that my sister uses the word .

I think if they were older and it wasn’t something they mentioned quite so often it wouldn’t be a problem but the youngest is just shy of 2, so toilet training will be starting shortly so I feel like we are going to hear ‘my Louis’ a lot when my son is born and not in reference to him.

Maybe something else will jump out at me when he is born and I won’t have to worry... I just love the name and I personally wouldn’t call DC willy, dick, fanny etc so it’s annoying DSis has decided to use a name I actually like for that reason, she should have considered my future children first .

I’m glad a lot of you are saying it wouldn’t stop you using a name as I am in two minds about it, others I have spoken to about it have also been pretty split on whether they would use it or not.

I think it’s a great name, and I’ve never heard it used in the way your family members describe.

Use it if you like it.

I don't think even my best friend has heard my 3.5 and 2 year old refer to their private's so wouldn't have a clue what we refer to them as. Why are they talking about their genitals so much? And yes, I would still use the name Louis. Now if you'd have said the name Fanny or even Willy then I'd have said definitely not for me but 🤷🏼‍♀️

And maybe encourage your step sister to use a proper term for vulva / vagina. Children not being able to refer to their genitals to a teacher, doctor, police officer etc. is a safeguarding risk (in addition to sounding ridiculous, especially for your step sister who is an adult).

Not that, as a family, we’re preoccupied with the subject, but my Dad is Willie and always has been.

And my maternal aunt was Fanny (Frances) when she was younger.

By choice.

Louis isn’t really my cup of tea, but I guess I’d be put off if I knew it was what my family used to refer to genitals. There would be sniggering comments behind my back, and I’d hate that

It does put me off that it sounds like loo, it's also a really wet sounding name to me, but we all like different things. I think in the situation I'd try and find something else as it would be weird to have cousins that use your name like that! What does your partner think?

I second everything Hundredacrewoods said. And I would use the name because hopefully they'll grow out of that utterly bonkers nonsense. Way to instill embarrassment around normal body parts, stepsis.

How....unusual. They must have laughed themselves sick when Prince William and Kate named their youngest.
What they call body parts is up to them but
I would think that's tainted the name for you.

Actually now that I think of it, the sound Loo ie does make a little sense, especially when toilet training

that is a weird thing to name your private's but yes it would absolutely put me off

Maybe they don't mean Louis but 'Loo'ie related to the Loo? But yes, it would put me off. Especially as her kids are still young and likely to get confused.