Louis?

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Thoughts on Louis as a brother for Ben(jamin)?
Other thoughts are Ezra but worried a bit too trendy...

Interesting, not too clashy are they?

They're fine. Ben & Louis. No more clashy than George and Louis.

Armstrong springs to mind, I love it

The correct pronunciation of Louis is Looee. Loowiss or looiss is incorrect and I would inwardly judge.

Lewis is pronounced loowiss

Ben and Louis are good partners.

I don't think I've e ever heard it pronounced like hew either. Even Huey, Dewey and Louie don't have the first syllable rhyme. Huey and Dewey rhyme, Louie doesn't so I agree there are only 2 possible ways of saying it.

And I would always say Lou-ee. Anyone spelling it Louis and pronouncing it Lewis makes me cringe.

@RosesAndHellebores , Louis can be pronounced as Louie or Lewis. It's usually pronounced Louie in the UK.

@DappledThings , Huey, Dewey and Louie all rhyme in some accents. They say Doo-y, Hoo-y and Loo-y.

Louis written as Louie makes me cringe

@DuchessOfSausage by whom and where is it pronounced Loowiss. It's akin to pronouncing Juergen with a J rather than a Y. Or spelling Siobahn as Shivawn.

Huey, Dewey and Louie all rhyme in some accents. They say Doo-y, Hoo-y and Loo-y.

True. But nobody is saying Hewey, Dewey and Lewey to all rhyme with hew and pew.

I love Louis pronounced loo ee

Louis Armstrong said his name as Lewis. St Louis is said as Saint Lewis.

It's not like Juergen/Jurgen said with a J, as that's not how you say it in any language, or Siobhan written as Shivawn.

It's more like Clara said as Clara or Claira, or Maria said as Maria or Mariah.

@DappledThings , I say hew and pew like Hugh and Pugh. I wouldn't say Louis to rhyme with Hughie.

Exactly. I'm agreeing with you!

Good. I'd be a bit at parents who insisted that their Louis was a Loo-iss. Why not just use the perfectly fine Lewis.

Louis pronounced loo-iss is correct in much of Europe - it is the Germanic pronunciation - and is not necessarily the shibboleth for slightly dim parents that some MNers think it is.

I'm not sure how popular the name is in most of Europe, and given that it's a name from French origin and currently very popular, possibly because of Prince Louis, the Louie pronunciation is probably used far more often.

It's the 11th most popular boys' name in Germany so fairly popular.

Louis is not that popular in E&W. It has had a slight bump since the birth of the prince and currently sits at #50. The spelling Louie is slightly more popular, at #41.

I don't dispute that the French pronunciation of Louis is the more usual in the UK and it's the one I use if sight-reading a register. I am simply offering a reminder that the Loo-iss pronunciation doesn't necessarily deserve an eye-roll.

I quite enjoy the irony of this poster choosing Juergen as one of their examples when the Loo-iss pronunciation is German, as explained by a pp.

@YippieKayakOtherBuckets , another poster (@RosesAndHellebores ) had used it, and I used it in reply. I know 2 Jürgens and they say the name differently - they are from different countries. Neither of them are wrong. I try to use their pronunciation not say Yuh-gun.

I know. I did not quote you. I think you have missed the point that I was making.

Oh, yes, sorry.
My DC are David and Anne and we have to correct people who mistakenly say Day-vid and Ann.

@ZoyaTheDestroyer , I think if you combined the figures for Louie and Louis, it would be about #12. Evie isn't particularly popular at #24 but it doesn't factor in that they may have been registered as Eve/Evelyn/Ev.... Ellie is #78.

I have a Louis (Louee) as in French name. Hate Lou is !!