How would you pronounce “Louis”?

[MrsW32]

We are really feeling the name Louis for our little boy. However we wanted a name that wouldn’t cause any confusion when pronouncing it due to me having a life long issue with my own name being constantly mispronounced and I don’t want to inflict that on him. But we really love Louis and to pronounce it as “Louie” but I really don’t like the spelling Louie.

We have 2 other names in the mix Jude and Leo which we both love and will not have the above issue, but just don’t have the edge that Louis does!

I’ve included a poll too 😅

Any opinions?

Outside of France most people pronounce the S at the end of words.

So Louis is often pronounced Lou-IS. I know a couple in the UK who call themselves Lou-is and pronounce the S. I respect their pronunciation.

Definitely Loo-ee. I’ve never known it pronounced Loo-iss (because the name Lewis already exists, presumably).

Loo-ee

I think it's mostly Americans who pronounce the S.

Lewie

Loo-ee.

Lewis is pronounced loo-iss.

I can't see the poll, but I think almost everybody in the UK would pronounce it like Louie nowadays.