andyg

Hi All

My wife gave birth to a baby boy yesterday and we are thinking of calling him "Louis", would the fact that this has a French connotation be a problem living in Toronto?, i got the impression that the French were not regarded very well by some people in Canada.

Am i being ridiculous?

leepee

Yes....Go home and get some sleep....!!!

Just kidding - Congratulations!! I can't imagine there would be any issue but then I don't live in Toronto....I think it is a lovely name!

Hope all goes well
Lisa

Souvenir

a) Congratulations

b) Yes, you're being ridiculous

Elaine B.

Yes

Rob4BC

Wow! Conrats to you both!
Louis was my Dad's name. He was called Lou by everyone.
He didn't live in Toronto, so can't comment there, but it is a great name and if you both like it, then that should be his name.

Rob.

spaceace

Congrats......call him Lewis instead

andyg

Thanks, did some people pronounce your dads name as "Lewis"? as we figured it could drive a person mad allways correcting people, we will probably spell it "Louie".

Elaine B.

Forgot to say Congratulation

I lived in Toronto for years and I never heard anyone mention the French in positive or negative terms.

(My son is called Lars do you think he'll be picked on by people who hate Metallica?)

christmasoompa

Don't spell it Louie, that's nowhere near as classy as Louis! Picture it on the top of a CV in 30 years time or on a wedding invitation................ I can't imagine that anybody would pronounce Louis as Lewis unless they are either quite stupid or have never heard of Louis Armstrong, Louis Vuitton, Louis Pasteur, Robert Louis Stevenson, etc, etc!! I would imagine that Louie would give him far more cause to correct people - you'd be subjecting him to a lifetime of having to spell his name to people who would assume it's spelt Louis.

Huge congratulations on the birth of your son, hope mother and baby are doing well.

andyg

Thanks everyone, i`ts confirmed to me their would be no problem with the name, just for the record i believe Louis Armstrong pronounced his name as Lewis, so still considering "Louie".

val50

Congratulations to you all
My dad was also a Louis but pronounced Lewis
think it's a great name, lots of character

christmasoompa

Ok, anorak alert................on most of his songs he pronounces it Loo-ee. There are several songs on which he says his own name and on all of them he pronounces it that way, except the album soundtrack for 'Hello Dolly' (where he pronounces it Loo-iss but which was apparently a bit of a p**s take of the people that pronounced it wrong). There are also recordings of his wife, Lucille Armstrong, saying his name and she always pronounced it Loo-ee too.

nooka

Louis is a great name. I don't think there is a huge problem if people ask is that "Lewis" or "Louis". People ask me how to both spell and pronounce my name (it is unusual). It's no biggie, and I love my name. Louie on the other hand seems like a bit of a baby name to me, but then I hate shortenings given as proper names, so that could just be me..

bluemoon1

Louis is a lovely name, in fact I wanted it for our little boy but "I wasn't allowed!"

Spell it with an "s". Far nicer than with an "e".

congratulations to you both

nikki dreaming

Many Congratulations on the birth of your son