How would you pronounce Lourdes?

[ohidoliketobe23]

Like Lord or like Lord-ez?

Any thoughts or similar names?

The place is not in Spain, but it is a Spanish name which is pronounced Lor-dez.

Paris Hilton doesn't call herself Par-ee just because it's a place in France!

@MsMajeika Good point, what matters is how its pronounced in English.

Loord if referring to the French Marian shrine.

LOOR-dess if the Spanish/ Hispanic name. The R would be rolled, though unrolled would be fine in an Anglophone country.

I would probably use the french pronunciation - loord - or the English and expect to be corrected. I did know there was a Spanish pronunciation or that was how Madonna's daughter pronounced it though!

I’d go French pilgrimage 🇫🇷

Like the place, sounds like gourd.

A bit like Lord, but with the stress on a U sound as in lure.

Lu erds. I’m a northerner.

Totally read that in Paddy McGuinesses voice!

Loord. I would presume it was after the shrine in France, and pronounce it accordingly.

If I had a thousand children, I wouldn't name one of them Lourdes.

Nobody is saying that Lourdes is in Spain.

Lourdes is a fairly common Spanish given name and it’s pronounced Lor-dez. The French place name is obviously pronounced in the French way. (The Spanish name derives from the French place because it’s an abbreviation of Maria de Lourdes, but that doesn’t affect pronunciation.)

Do not call a baby Lordez, Jesus Christ.

According to Google - if you are referring to the town in France it's 'Lords'; if it is the girl's name as popular in Spanish speaking countries it is lord-ez.

Loooords

So a longer, plural, version of Lords

There were some hasty edits after it was pointed out. But overall if someones precious about pronunciation then this is a silly name to pick.

Thanks all. More contentious than I imagined 😂 seems I'd be setting them up for a life of mispronunciation and name-spelling on the phone, so that's struck off the list!

Loord

Loor-dez

😂😂 I go every year, love it!

Good decision OP.

I do it the way we used to say it in school when we learned about Bernadette (every year):
Luuruds.

As

Loords

Loo-irds