Louis or Louie? or neither?

[mollythetortoise]

really like this name.. mostly after Louis Theroux but which spelling do you think?

Louis

Louis

I like Louis, it is on my list of names.

thanks all, will go with Louis

The only one I know is a 'Louie'
Love the name but agree with Fio about the Lewis thing

I agree with the Lewis thing-why not do Lewis and avoid the confusion.

Sadly a lot of people will read it as Lewis, even if written Louis.

I have a Louis and nobody gets his name wrong. Louis is the standard spelling so go with that.

The ones, that I have come across in school have problems! Even more so if people write them a party invitation or Chrismas card.I actually think it is quite nice but they will have a lifetime of explaining and spelling-unless it gets into the top ten of names.

You also get it the other way around. I called out the register in one school and got to Louis, he was very aggrieved and said that he was Lewis!

I have a Louis. The name really pisses off my friend's autistic dc who always walks around saying "Lou-iss with an s not Lou-ee" every time we visit.

Neither for me. Go for Luis, it's currently the most popular form of the name Louis

That's America though. Where they always pronounce is Lewis (according to Louis Theroux).

That's America though. Where they always pronounce is Lewis (according to Louis Theroux).

lewis 16, Louis 60, Louie 95 There's also Luca which I like (but dh didn't). No Luis at all.

I'm surprised Harley's at 69, I don't know any Harley's. (sorry OT)

Luis is Spanish, maybe that's why

I thought Louis was French (I went to a French school), Louie was the anglicised version of Louis, maintaining the Latin root and Lewis was Welsh?

I know a Harley. He's about 3.

My son is Lewis and one of my aunties always writes Louis - Its not the same name

Loads of people also say is that spelt with a L-e-w-i-s or L-o-u-i-s