Louis or Lewis??

[Mum2TJ]

I dislike the Lewis way of spelling!
Louis looks much better!

Me too... dilemma! I would also pronounce Louis - Loo-ee, but Lewis as Lewis...

Maybe you could spell it Luis?
The meaning is Famous Warrior
The origin is Spanish
Notes: a form of Louis
Luis - Origin and Meaning of the name Luis at BabyNames.com

That way people will pronounce it as it's written, because it looks a little different to the "original" ways of spelling it?

[Pandora]

I would pronounce Luis as lew-eece not Lewis.
I prefer the Louis spelling as well, people will get used to the pronunciation, lots of people pronounce names differently than whats traditional.

[Maruschke]

I would pronounce Luis as lew-eece not Lewis.
I prefer the Louis spelling as well, people will get used to the pronunciation, lots of people pronounce names differently than whats traditional.

I agree. I would pronounce Luis more like Louise than Lewis, if that makes sense...

You can always just tell people how to pronounce his name. My name is candice, but it is pronounced can-dis, not can-dice, or can-dace, or can-darce. My mother simply corrected people when they pronounced it wrong and it didn't take long for people to catch on.

[dueinfeb]

hmmmm....thanks so much for all of your thoughts.

I think I'm definitely tending towards Louis. I'm a bit of a sucker for traditional spellings so would probably steer clear of Luis and can see what you mean about people will get used to it and there'll always be someone that probably mispronounces things anway. (not that it particularly bothers me, just wanted to try and keep it simple for people!)

thanks again...you ladies are great!!!

[SugarDust]

I like it spelt lewis.
i'm not a fan of guys named lou/louis

[Ginger]

my little man is Lewis and i've never had to spell it out for anyone.
in other words, i think it's the first way that people go to spell the name.

i think Louis should be pronounced Louie- that is the traditional way that name should be pronounced.

[Antonia Blanche]

Louis- lou-ee or lou-is (I've known people with this name who pronounce it both ways)
Lewis- Lou-is
Luis- Lou-EES

I like both Louis and Lewis about equally. I'd use Lewis if you don't want any pronounciation issues, but I think people will get used to Louis however you want to pronounce it.

Luis is a tradtional spelling if you're Spanish or Hispanic. It only isn't traditional if you pronounce it like Lewis/Louis.

[Bea06]

I like Louis. (And would pronounce it Lewis).

The spelling 'Lewis' reminds me of Kate Langbrook who called her son 'Lewis Lewis'. As in first name and second name are both Lewis!! Too much for me!