Lois or Alice

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Which one do you prefer? and why? :)

I prefer Lois.

My friend has a Lois, Alice and Rose - all lovely names

@MrsFin, there aren't 2.5m Welsh speakers. The figure is about a third of that.

It is pronounced Loyce by Welsh speakers but Lo-is by English speakers.

I prefer the Welsh way of saying it , as it sounds stronger, but both are nice

Alice

@MrsFin, there aren't 2.5m Welsh speakers. The figure is about a third of that.

I'm aware of that. I said Welsh people, not Welsh speakers.

Love them both…. Can’t go wrong with either x

I absolutely love the name Alice. Always reminds me of Alice in Wonderland, and has a sense of wonderful childhood nostalgia about it.

@Heruka

Lois - cool, classy, interesting. Alice - boring, twee, simpering.

Sorry that was a bit brutal

Exactly this!

Alice - classy, classic, beautiful
Lois - chavy, common, brash

Isn’t this a fun game

I would choose Alice because I dislike Family Guy, also the Welsh/English pronunciation of Lois is quite different and be thinking she’d have to correct people.

Definately not Lois

Like either
Alice has good personal associations for me as have friends with the name. Also loved Alice in Wonderland

I don’t know anyone called Lois. I only associate with Lois Lane, not a bad thing in itself. I would instinctively say it Low-iss but the other sounds nice as well.

I knew an odd Lois and it's spoilt the name for me. I was shocked when I saw on MN everyone liking it, but I supoose it is quite nice and in hindsight I'm just associating it with the Lois I knew.

Like both! Only thing with Lois is that people might not familiar with it might pronounce is as L-oi-s

Lois.

As pp, Low-iss.

Alice too popular now and just too sweet and twee for my liking (often on a screaming misbehaved child, which just accentuates the ill-fitting overly saccharine name unfortunately).

@LowbrowVictoriana

Lois.

Alice is dull.

Lois is ugly and common

Whoaa... way to get defensive, @Holly60!!

OP asked for opinions. That was mine.

Alice.

I really dislike Lois, it also just reminds me of Family Guy.

Alice - beautiful, elegant and good for a little girl and an adult.

Both lovely. Lois has the edge for me because it is less common but both are great names.

Alice for me. Lois is very current.

I have a 2 year old Lois. So I love the name 😂

It wasn't on our list at all though until she was born. I only knew one Lois and I never really associated the name with Lois Lane, it was a bit before my time to be honest.

DH has 2 Welsh Aunts who both pronounced it 'Loyce' but do tend to say Low-is now.

I also like Alice.

So my reply didn't help you in the slightest! 😂😂😂

Lois, mostly because I prefer the sound of either pronunication, the meaning, and history, but I'll admit my bias from having a strong negative association with Alice even though that person ended up changing her name because she hated the name so much.

Balonzette I've same the same bafflement for Alice, I know it my own bias from knowing a vile violent person with the name and I guess it sounds alright, but it still confuses me how popular it is because that association is so strong for me.

Lois