Now that I found out I am having a boy, I have to find a boy version of my mothers middle name, as I said, with out a doubt, that this child would be my dedication to my mother in some form or another. My mothers middle name is Louise that is Lou ease in sound, what I want is the spelling for Lou ece a more french sounding name which I really like, as I am not found of Luis. How would this be spelled and would you have any suggestion for a first name. The boys father wants him named after him, but I have already told him I refuse to have two in the house with the same name, he had suggested though Jon (like Jean) Louis (Lou ece) which is his first name. He has a french sounding name as well as his name in Jon Paul. I am not fond of the name Jon by itself mostly because I know to many I do not like with that name, no matter the spelling, is why I never call him Jon, but Jon Paul all the time, and what I would do if this one is named Jon. Any suggestions would be helpful though and fun for me at least. Thanks.
Have not decided on a first name but speaking to his brother, Louis is the way we most likely will go. Him and his family are from Louisiana and from what he said, that the pronunciation I want is how they down there pronounce Louis. They are Cajun French so this works for his family, only I am in nebraska so it will take alot of redirecting when ever anyone reads his name but as long as I continue to call him by the correct name, hopefully people will just catch on, as most will never see the spelling of the name only hear it.
Jean Louis but the s is silent. Jon is short for Jonathon. Jean is the French equivalent of John. You could also go with Lewis. If I read the name Louece I would assume it was a typo or misspelling.
Lou ece is the Spanish pronunciation of Luis. The French name Louis is pronounced Lou ee. I like Jean Louis.
Hmmm...I think the issue is that "Loo-ece" isn't a French pronunciation, so there isn't a French-looking spelling that will get the pronunciation you want. The pronunciation you want is spelled Luis, because that's the Spanish/Portuguese pronunciation. If you want a French-sounding name, it would be "Louis," pronounced "Loo-EE" and really, the first name would be "Jean" to get the "Jon" sound.
You could, of course, go with Jon-Louis and pronounce it how you want and just correct everyone until they get used to it.
If you do the French pronunciation, it is 'Lou-ee". Jean-Louis would be nice. Or you could take the L of your mother's name and pick another name which starts with L. You get the tribute and to have a different name.
If I were to read the name Louece, I would likely go for Lou ece and I think Jon Louece is a nice name. J. Louece XXXX
Win-win!
One of my daughter's preschool buddies is Louis (pronounced Louie). He is the sweetest little boy. I vote for that. Luke is a good strong name. How about that?
Did you know St Louis is named after a French saint? Louis IX
Behindthename.com has lots of variants on names.
I always thought Louis was pronounced either Lou-iss (Lewis) or Lou-eece or Lou-ee.
You could go with Louis Jonathan.
I knew a Louis and a Ludovic growing up.
I love this name although it's a bit different - I had a friend called Aloysius which is a version of Louis (I think the Latin version). You'd have to be a certain kind of kid to be able to carry that off :)
I think honoring family is great with names. We did that with our kids too
Luis (not pronounced the same as Lewis) is the closest to your mom's name. You don't like the correct pronunciation of Luis (Loo-ese)?
ETA correct meaning Spanish as Luis is Spanish
I know a French person who moved here. Her name is Elise. Sounds close and it is beautiful.
The problem, as I see it, is that if you want the pronunciation to be "Lou-ece", you'll have to spell it and pronounce it every single time your son is introduced. And if you tell anyone that it's French, they'll call him "Lou-ee", which is how the French pronounce Louis. If you choose to call him Louis and pronounce it "Lou-ece", it won't make sense to either French speakers or non-French speakers. It will, however, make sense to Spanish speakers who will spell what they hear as "Luis".
So I encourage you to think about saddling your child with having to explain, a dozen times a day, how to pronounce his name AND how to spell it.
I'd choose Lewis Paul, which is definitely a masculine name, easy to pronounce. Of course, he'll still have to tell them it's "L-E-W-I-S, not L-O-U-I-S", but at least everyone will know how to say it. And most people are familiar with the name Lewis.
I did some research on the names.I did see one name I liked the spelling of and it was Johann.That could be for John. Why not spell the names like they sound?
This is what I found on Jean. " About the name Jean.The meaning of the name Jean: God Is Gracious.The origin of the name Jean: English
People who like the name Jean also like: William, Liam, Jack, Gabriel, John, Noah, Michael". Here is what I found on Louis. "The meaning of the name Louis: Famed Warrior.The origin of the name Louis: German.
People who like the name Louis also like: Oliver, Henry, Liam, Noah, William, Benjamin, Lucas".
Louis or Lewis would be the best options to honor your mother's name of Louise. You want a spelling that is traditional, not one that people are going to be confused about how to pronounce or whether it is a boy or girl.
If you want to also respect your husband's wishes, you can name your son Louis Jon, but simply call him Louis.
Why don't you do Louie (sounds like Lou e). You can probably stick a hyphen on the e.
Chances are, everyone will just call him Lou by the time he's in high school.
