Louis or Lewis?

[Perplexed0522]

Posting here for my sister as she doesn’t have an account.

her baby boy is due in 3 weeks and she knows he will be either a Louis or a Lewis but she can’t decide which.

She knows they are pronounced differently but she loves the sound of both.

I think she is worried that Louis is belong too popular now.

What are people’s thoughts?

I like both but prefer Louis

pronounced differently- which does she really want to Call him?
:Loo-ee or Loo-iss.

Lewis always sounds more formal to me. Call him Lewis, you can always use the nicknme Loo-ee, the reverse doesnt really apply.

Congrats to your sister!

We have a Louis! Statistically it isn’t as popular as you may think. He is at a large nursery and there aren’t any others. As a teacher as well - I haven’t taught any since around 2008. It’s actually more common in older teens I find now (think 18+).

Anyway - we love the name. It’s also quite international if that matters to her - where as Lewis is the English version.

It does get mispronounced at times and some people write Louie - but honestly - that doesn’t bother me. I think it’s a characterful and lovely name.

good luck.

I think Louis must vary by area for popularity, as I've just done a mental tally and there are four in the small primary school I work in. Though as there are about 15 Reggies and Bobbys, it's not the most popular!

I would personally go Lewis over Louis, as he's less likely to be known as Louis Surname, but that's largely because I was known as Ellie J for my entire time in school and it drove me insane...

They are both nice. I prefer Louis.

I think she has a slight preference for Louis but also feels that Lewis is perhaps a more stronger name.

She’s going through the stage of trying to work out if the name would suit an adult and not just a child, and she thinks Lewis is the more grown up name of the two 🤷‍♀️

I really don’t like the way Lewis looks written down but I like Louis. Pronounced either way but prefer Louie.

I prefer Louis. I don't think it's that popular. There's none in my DC's class

Only know of a 14 yr old and two adult Louis.
Many more child Lewis'.

Much prefer Louis, has a much nicer sound
to it and looks better written down. I only of one school aged Louis

I grew up with somebody called Louis but it was pronounced 'Lew- is'

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Louie seems a more popular spelling but if you combine Louie and Louis the name will be very popular. I don't like the Louie spelling

The graph shows a decline in popularity for Lewis but that's probably due to a surge when a certain racing driver was big news

Louie - if you want Lou-ee

Lewis - if you want Lou-is

Louis is French and many outside of France will say Lou-is. The city of St Louis for example is Lou-is.

@pinklavenders , Prince Louis is pronounced Louie.
In the UK, that is the usual pronunciation.

Lewis, I think Louis may get mis pronounced
Lewis is a strong name I really like it

Thank you everyone, I’m forwarding on your comments 👍

Shes also got two other children, another boy called Aaron (pronounced a-run to rhyme with barren) and a daughter called Phoebe.

My sister said it gets harder with each child she has as she’s having to consider whether it ‘goes’ with the other children’s names 😂

Aaron is 9 and wants to call the baby Rex because he loves dinosaurs 😂

My sister has said a firm no to that 😂

Louis seems much more sophisticated to me.

Prince Louis is pronounced Louie.

Yes, but many others pronounce it Louis. In many European countries and in the US it is pronounced Lou-is.

That's probably why Louie is becoming the more popular spelling in the UK

Louis would get called Lou-ee quite a lot I think.

Lewis is a very common name where I live (Scotland) but I think it's the easier way to spell it so he's not constantly correcting people.

@pinklavenders , who cares. David, Robert and Richard are pronounced differenly in France, but they have a standard UK pronunciation. Your argument is irrelevant

Your argument is irrelevant

Well, thank you. I thought the op might like to hear different opinions?

I prefer Lewis, but that's my Scottish blood.

Louis is so so much nicer.

Louis is much more classy. And it's Lou-ee not Lewis

Definitely Louis, pronounced Lou-ee.