I think you should go for it!! Close • Posted by 3 minutes ago. My dad's middle name was supposed to be Louis, but the priest spelled it Lewis in the big church book (whatever it's called) and so it's always been Lewis, which has galled my nanna for the past nearly 60 years! Louis is a very popular first name for males (#75 out of 1220, Top 6%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#1771 out of 150436, Top 1%). The ou is not typically pronounced with a short u because that is the uh sound. I’m from England, where mostly (not completely, but mostly) Louis is pronounced my way and the other version is Lewis. If it were spelled Louise then it would be female.In America Louis is pronounced /LOO-is/, (short i), can also be spelled Lewis. (2000 U.S. CENSUS) Louis entered the list in 1880-1889 and reached its top rank of #19 in the U.S. then, and is currently at #263.
Louis is French and pronounced Loowee.
The name of the comedian Louis C.K. Luis is different again but I'm trying to work out how to articulate it!LOL, we've totally bastardised the name Louis in our house...
I will have to work on DH now. This. (I hope I'm not offending anybody Louis Pronunciation. The ou is making the double oo sound that you hear in the word "tool". The french pronounce it Loo-ee, Americans stay Loo-is, as in St. Louis.As in "loo-is" and it is a male name, it can be spelled Lewis, but pronounced the same...My husband is Luis and its pronoused as it reads with the U (short) and IS I am thinking Louis is the same thing b/c OU usually make a U sound when togther . They regret not spelling it how it sounds, as they say he gets Lewis all of the time. Louis- Loo-ee, although IMO it should still be Loo-is like the others. Search comprehensively and find the name meaning of Louis and its name origin or of any other name in our database. Kate and William shocked the world when they announced that they'd named their third child Louis -- Prince Louis Arthur Charles, to be more precise. Is there a canonical way to pronounce the English name "Louis", or is the pronunciation dependent in … A bit risky because I'm not a fan of the name Lewis - and I'm sure he'll get called that by some people.You could always go with Louie if you want to be sure of the pronounciation.Sarah you're right but I adore the original spelling, seems so much more mature and classy to me - especially since it has such a cute sound My great grandfather was Louis, called Lou...Louis is French, the correct pronunciation is Loo-ee, as the 's' is silent.
If you still are not sure, you can find the name online by using a search engine and can sometimes find a link that has a recording of someone saying the name.It's a male name, pronounced Loo-ee or Loo-is. Get your answers by asking now.Abrasive 'Naked and Afraid' contestant wins over fansInfluencer faces backlash over 'ridiculous' job listing
Yuk! It is a lovely name.What excellent taste you have in names. I like Loo-ey, but not Loo-is, so obviously I'd need to know what people think. In 2011, it was the 74th most common forename for births in England and Wales, with Louis only slightly more common at 68th.
Hi! The ou is not typically pronounced with a short u because that is the uh sound. Louie is a moderately common given name, related to the more common name Louis.It originated in the United Kingdom (where Louis is pronounced / ˈ l uː i /) as a more regularly-spelled version without a silent s .
My middle son is called Louis (loo-ee), but it's spelled Luey, because it's a nickname for Lukas... Probably becasue I work for a compay with Spanish and French HQ and so come across these names/pronunciations all the time.afaik Luis is Spanish and pronounced - Loo-weess.
The female equivalent is Louise, pronounced, LOO-eez.In America, the majority of people who see it will pronounce it Lew-iss, but some will say Lew-ee.Why am I getting a thumbs down?
