Louise or Louisa?

[Anonymous]

Middle name will be Charlotte. Last name is common and monosyllabic.

We prefer Louise but worry it’s too old-fashioned. Emma Stone and Mandy Moore both named their daughters Louise in recent years so maybe it’s coming back? Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

I love both, but think Louisa might have a better ring to it with a monosyllabic last name.

[Anonymous]

I'm French. Louise and Charlotte are beautiful, classic, French names.

I know you're not doing that, but first names are sometimes hyphened. There's an order to it: you can get a Charlotte-Louise, but rarely a Louise-Charlotte. More often, it's Anne or Marie that's used first with another first name. Anne-Laure, Anne-Marie; or Marie-Therese, Marie-Jeanne, etc. There is a Charlotte-Rose in my family.

[Anonymous]

Louisa

[Anonymous]

I wanted to name my 2nd child Louise but it turned out to be a boy. Love the name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Louisa

+1

I love this name and various nn options

[Anonymous]

If I had girl, I’d name her Luisa in honor of my grandmas.

[Anonymous]

They’re both pretty. Sounding old-fashioned is not an issue, it’s very fashionable to be old-fashioned.

I think Louisa Charlotte flows better, but if you love Louise, go for it. There’s no reason not to pick the name you like best!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm French. Louise and Charlotte are beautiful, classic, French names.

I know you're not doing that, but first names are sometimes hyphened. There's an order to it: you can get a Charlotte-Louise, but rarely a Louise-Charlotte. More often, it's Anne or Marie that's used first with another first name. Anne-Laure, Anne-Marie; or Marie-Therese, Marie-Jeanne, etc. There is a Charlotte-Rose in my family.

I’m not French but I was going to specifically post that “Louise Charlotte” sounds weird to me and like you got “Charlotte Louise” backwards. Louisa sounds warm and Southern to me. Both are beautiful

[Anonymous]

Louise Charlotte flows funny to me because the transition from the S sound to the soft Ch sound is awkward. The A in Louisa transitions better to Ch.

I like either Louise or Louisa as a first name, but Louisa sounds better with Charlotter IMO.

[Anonymous]

Louise

[Anonymous]

Louisa

[Anonymous]

Charlotte Louise

Louisa Charlotte

Both are lovely.

[Anonymous]

Would you pronounce Louisa with an s or a z sound?

[Anonymous]

Louise is lovely. Old names are in. I know kids named Maude and even a Mildred. If you do Louisa, everyone will call her Louie-sah like Encanto (and will assume that's who you named her after).