Louise or Louisa?

[Anonymous]

Louise all day!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

it's just so incredibly rare that people use the first and middle name in combination, does it matter that much?

[Anonymous]

Louisa

[Anonymous]

Prefer Louisa, but both are great! Louisa Charlotte flows better IMO, but I agree with PP that this doesn’t really matter, given no one will regularly be saying her first and middle name together.

[Anonymous]

Just know if she becomes a theater kid they're going to yell "Sing Out, Louise" at her (it's a bit from Gypsy).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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).

OP: I’ve seen Encanto and don’t remember a character named Louisa. Is she very memorable? I associate Louisa more with Dickens and Austen.

We’d pronounce the name as Louie-za with an emphasis on the i. Is this intuitive?

Appreciate the feedback so far! Happy to know Louise is not considered too old-fashioned or frumpy but that it doesn’t flow well with Charlotte.

[Anonymous]

I love Louisa

[Anonymous]

I like Louisa better. Any chance you are Latina? I like the Luisa spelling even better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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!

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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).

OP: I’ve seen Encanto and don’t remember a character named Louisa. Is she very memorable? I associate Louisa more with Dickens and Austen.

We’d pronounce the name as Louie-za with an emphasis on the i. Is this intuitive?

Appreciate the feedback so far! Happy to know Louise is not considered too old-fashioned or frumpy but that it doesn’t flow well with Charlotte.

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It kind of goes without saying that kids are going to be more familiar with Encanto than with Dickens or Austen. The film character is Luisa.

I know both young Louises and Louisas so both are currently being used. Louise is gaining in popularity, Louisa peaked a few years ago. It fits with the trend of names for girls that all end in A (Olivia, Emma, Amelia, etc).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like Louisa better. Any chance you are Latina? I like the Luisa spelling even better.

We are not. My sense is that Luisa is pronounced with an s and Louisa is pronounced with a z - like Louise with an a.

[Anonymous]

I prefer Louisa generally but think Louise flows better with Charlotte followed by a simple, mono-syllabic last name:

Louisa Charlotte Smith
Louise Charlotte Smith

I prefer the rhythm of the second.

[Anonymous]

I like Louisa.

[Anonymous]

I hate both. So neither. Wheezy.

[Anonymous]

Louisa. Louise sounds better with a longer last name.