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Thoughts on the name Louisa

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LTEMercedes · 14/01/2020 18:38

Just curious what people think of the name Louisa? What would you associate with this name?

Suggestions for middle names?

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Lobsterquadrille2 · 14/01/2020 21:40

I love it. I know three, all different ages, two known as Lulu.

babysnowman · 14/01/2020 21:40

I think it's beautiful

suchameanie · 14/01/2020 21:41

Love it.
Have Spanish friends who have a baby Luisa.

PetraRabbit · 14/01/2020 22:08

I love it too. I know one in her 40s, but it's very underused these days which is a huge plus for me. I like it a lot more than Louise which doesn't have the light pretty sound Louisa does.

DistantVworp · 14/01/2020 22:13

Loads of female relatives - from great grand-mother to DD and a million cousins(Portuguese) are Luisa - love love love it

SometimesItRains · 14/01/2020 22:18

Love it - it was on my list for girls, but I ended up with 2 boys so couldn’t use it.

blackice · 14/01/2020 22:21

very pretty and unusual

christmasathome · 14/01/2020 22:29

I love it. Personally i llke middle names to mean something or be named after someone

Tillygetsit · 14/01/2020 22:30

My dgm's name so I love it. Her middle name was Molly.

DramaAlpaca · 14/01/2020 22:37

I love Louisa, it's gorgeous.

I agree with MikeUniformMike above, in that Louise, Louisa and Eloise are all lovely, but Elouise and Elouisa look like you don't know how to spell.

SeagullOnTheWind · 14/01/2020 22:55

I'm Louise, I've been called Louisa before and I like it even though it's not my name.

My DC had a friend called Ellouise, the parents didn't know how to spell it eyeroll and I do feel sorry for kids who end up with names spelt genuinely wrongly on the birth certificate.

Eloise - there's a song by this name sung by The Damned.

Louise - Human League wrote one called this.

There was another which I can remember the tune to but I've no idea who wrote it.

Louisa is lovely. And it's interesting to see people's opinions on it.

ParsleyPot · 15/01/2020 00:09

Louisa is a beautiful name.

I don't like Elouise. Sounds made up. (I know it's a proper name)

jfoyo26 · 15/01/2020 00:22

I really like Louisa. We opted for Louise in the end as we preferred it slightly. Her middle name is Catherine and we get a lot of compliments on the combination.

HalfManHalfLabrador · 15/01/2020 00:26

I went to school with a horrible Louisa and it’s put me off

MadCatLadee · 15/01/2020 00:28

Louisa Rose

Chocmallows · 15/01/2020 00:28

Beautiful name.

DramaAlpaca · 15/01/2020 00:31

Parsley Elouise is made up, it's a misspelling of Eloise.

Ibloodylovewomen · 15/01/2020 00:43

Louisa Claire

SemperIdem · 15/01/2020 00:44

I think it is plain.

Astronica · 15/01/2020 01:55

Louisa is lovely. It makes me think of Louisa May Alcott. As pps have said, if you use Eloise or Eloisa only those spellings.

LTEMercedes · 15/01/2020 08:15

Thank you all! Don't worry we won't go for Elouise/Elouisa ... It's either Louisa or a completely different name. Thank you also for all your middle name suggestions.

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MrsMozartMkII · 15/01/2020 08:17

Love it! Was my aunt's name. Strongly considered it for one of my DDs but family issues prevented me using it.

IthinkIsawahairbrushbackthere · 15/01/2020 08:18

My first thought is Louisa May Alcott - author of Little Women. I've always thought it was a beautiful name.

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 15/01/2020 08:25

DDs name. She's nearly 7 now. Never had a negative comment, and loads of positive ones. It worked equally well in all the countries we have lived in.
Her nickname is Isa. (Ease-ah). Never been shortened to Lou or Lulu.
Her middle name is an old family name and definitely 'old lady'. One syllable.

Mamabear88 · 15/01/2020 09:04

It's lovely! I really like it. Ignore the 'it's dated' nonsense. I think it's classic and timeless. I had such comments as 'oh that's not very 2019' for my DD's name and I have no regrets. As for middle names I second avoiding Grace, May and Rose. Very overused. How about Louisa Marie?

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