Lois?

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Thoughts on Lois? I think it's sweet for a little girl and strong sounding for a woman. Underused but not 'out there'. What do you think? Do you know any?

Lovely name 😊

Quite drab

My late mother's name. She used to get mad sometimes when people mispronounced it to rhyme with rejoice.. Had they not heard of Lois Lane, she would ask.

I like it. I think it’s a really cool sophisticated woman type name. It was on my list but DH said no.

Which pronunciation? Welsh Loyce or English Low-iss?

I like both.

It's a name that pops up now and then among girls in Wales. Except it's pronounced to rhyme with 'boyce'. I really like it.

🙌 @CaffiSaliMali

You can also spell is Loïs, to get Lo-eece, but that's complicating things.

'Carys and Lois' would make me think it was pronounced Loyce

Gosh I didn't know it could be pronounced anything other than Lois Lane way
I like this way
But don't like the other way at all

@purpleme12 , the Loyce pronunciation is Welsh - Lois is a biblical name and welsh pronunciation is phonetic with the o+i forming a diphthong.

The Lo-eece is french and needs the diaeresis on the i to get the pronunciation.

Lois is the UK is usually Low-is, but if you had a Carys and Lois you'd assume a Welsh connection as they are both popular names in Wales.

Love.

Jewish grandmothers that were partying at the same resort as Baby in "Dirty Dancing*".

Love this as an inspiration for baby names category!! 👏👏👏

Prefer the French spelling Loïs.

I knew one at school and wasn't keen but now I know an adult one who is lovely and it's grown on me. She's posh and arty.

What a great list of names! Dolores and Candice really appeal to me.

OP, Lois is a fabulous name and a really refreshing step away from the frilly names that have been popular for a while.

I think there’s a fairly strong association with the Family Guy character but I wouldn’t let that put me off personally, those kinds of associations are broken pretty quickly once they’re here and owning their own name.

Lovely name

@SummerPuddings , yeah but people will probably hear it as Louise or Lewis or just say it as Lois, and accents are a PITA.

Never liked it, personally. I don’t know why I don’t like it, I just don’t!

I know an adult one - she’s a lovely person.

I know of another with the “Lowis” spelling and can’t fully explain how intensely I dislike it vs Lois.

I can't say I like it a lot. Like Leah and Lydia it's a classic but doesn't strike me as strong.

L names like Lily and Ellie have been popular for so long that they all seem a bit samey

My 12 week old is named Gabrielle Lois after her grandmother. Grandma was Lois.
I think it’s a lovely classic type of name 💗

I’m welsh and know a few pronounced to rhyme with joyce. But I prefer the English pronunciation of low-iss

That’s a truly lovely name @wheresthehope

@SummerPuddings there was another Jewish Grandmother name beginning with L that should have been on the list but couldn't remember what it was, but it suddenly came to me: Lorelei !

I know two - one is in her 70s, the other about 40. It’s a lovely name. Unusual but not whacky.