Could their be a stigma in having the name Louis?
Nov 26th 2008, 6:12 pm
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Re: Could their be a stigma in having the name Louis?
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..
Lewis is Lewis.
Different names really.
Nov 26th 2008, 6:57 pm
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Re: Could their be a stigma in having the name Louis?
If andyg puts Louie on his son's birth certificate, then he has been given a diminutive not a proper name (In my opinion). In this particular case it wouldn't affect the verbal, just the written form.
Nov 26th 2008, 7:07 pm
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Nov 26th 2008, 7:11 pm
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Re: Could their be a stigma in having the name Louis?
strange as it seems, i hated it when i was younger, but its grown on me now.
i could drop it if i'd wanted, but hey there it is.
and to be named after the great Satchmo.
go for it...
btw, very few people i have met know its french, and most miss pronounce.
i could drop it if i'd wanted, but hey there it is.
and to be named after the great Satchmo.
go for it...
btw, very few people i have met know its french, and most miss pronounce.
Nov 26th 2008, 7:17 pm
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Re: Could their be a stigma in having the name Louis?
I always liked the name "Adolf" myself. But it hasnt been very popular for the last 50, 60 years or so....
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Nov 26th 2008, 7:58 pm
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Re: Could their be a stigma in having the name Louis?
If the parents of Huey Lewis and the News had called him Huey Louis and the News, he would never have become the Colossus of Soft Rock that he is.
Probably.
Probably.
Nov 26th 2008, 10:11 pm
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Re: Could their be a stigma in having the name Louis?
Not that I can recall, but then he was always known as Lou.
Nov 26th 2008, 10:42 pm
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Nov 27th 2008, 5:47 am
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Re: Could their be a stigma in having the name Louis?
Huey, Louis and Dewey. Not a good combination 
Nov 27th 2008, 4:57 pm
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Re: Could their be a stigma in having the name Louis?
In English speaking North America the name Louis is pronounced with an "s" c/f St Louis, Missouri.
would never have guessed that from the previous posts 
Nov 27th 2008, 5:18 pm
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Re: Could their be a stigma in having the name Louis?
Written St. Louis, Louis.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4JARDvdrAxk
Nov 27th 2008, 7:52 pm
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Re: Could their be a stigma in having the name Louis?
Adolf isnt half bad but not a scratch on Genghis or Agamemnon - thats what Id name the little nipper! Actually how about Adolf Louis Genghis Lewis Agamemnon? Got a nice ring to it!!
Nov 27th 2008, 11:16 pm
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Re: Could their be a stigma in having the name Louis?
One hospital I worked at had a porter called Jesus...Imagine the looks you get when you call out "Jesus, this patient is ready for you".....
Nov 28th 2008, 1:07 am
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Re: Could their be a stigma in having the name Louis?
My friends hubby is called Adolf? He's Lebanese, so not sure how he got that name.
I worked with a Luis and that was pronouced Lewis, and he was spanish.
I have a very difficult name, and only since moving here, have people said what a pretty / cute / nice name it is. In the UK, I just was looked at as if I was purple and had many heads....
It's an Irish name and I was born in Montreal, can't ever recall any issues, but then again I left when I was 5!!!
I thnk Louis is a lovely name, and congrats!
bx
I worked with a Luis and that was pronouced Lewis, and he was spanish.
I have a very difficult name, and only since moving here, have people said what a pretty / cute / nice name it is. In the UK, I just was looked at as if I was purple and had many heads....
It's an Irish name and I was born in Montreal, can't ever recall any issues, but then again I left when I was 5!!!
I thnk Louis is a lovely name, and congrats!
bx