Oscar or Louis?

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Looking for opinions on the names Oscar and Louis pronounced Louee.

Thank you

I like Louis. All the Oscars I know are naughty!

I prefer Oscar - think it works better as a child and an adults name. Don't know any around here.

I know 2 Louis's but I think popularity of names depends on where you live. I find it difficult to imagine a man called louis (other than a French one).

Names are very personal - go with what you like - neither name would scar the child for life - unlike some of my hormone driven ideas!

Louis is lovely. DS2 is a 6ft 16 year old and it suits him. I don't think of Louis as being a childs name?

He remains the only Louis we know and theonly Louis in his school.
I think Louie is becoming popular

one of my DS is called Oscar John- but that was four years ago when it was quite unusual. We have friends with Oscar the dog though! Like Louis as well- good luck!

we had a family dog called Oscar too....Like Louis but I think its quite popular (not that it bothers me)and I can't stand Louis Walsh! But once x-factor is over i wouldn't associate it then [smil]

They're both really lovely names. I think for me Louis just edges it but both lovely.

How funny! This is the exact dilemma we faced and I sometimes still wonder if we go got it right. Our boy ended up being Louis Oscar.

Since then I have met sooooo many little boys called Oscar that I feel on balance we made the right choice in putting it second, whilst I still love the name very much.

I should warn you though, you won't believe how many people can't pronounce Louis and insist on a "s" sound at the end. It will drive you crazy!!

I love Arthur, so would definitely use that. Oscar is very common at the moment there are 5 I know of under 18 months old at the mo

Louis, I prefer Oscar but there are too many.

I really like both but I love louis. Really liked this name for ds2 but dh said no...

Oscar It has surged in popularity recently (as has Louis), but is a lovely, classic, strong but cheeky type name. Suits my ds anyway (no bias here) and he's the only one in his nursery school.

DH is a Louis so I'm biased. Everyone spells it Louie, though, which he hates.

Louis is a lovely name, Oscar has been so popular over here (Ireland) for about the last decade, I know loads of them and wouldn't consider it because of that, also because Ocasr Wilde had such a tough life, it seems to me like a name which carries burden.